Behind the Democratic Convention Exclusive: Backstage at the Convention Don’t ask how I wound up backstage at the Democratic convention. All I can tell you is that between being backstage and on the floor, I saw a smoothly run operation. There’s a funny posting, though, on the Drudge Report, about …

For years now I’ve been fooling myself, although I probably wasn’t fooling anyone around me. I walked through the FOX News Channel newsroom or at social gatherings with family and friends with complete confidence in who I am.I’ve stoodTALL among my peers. I’ve accomplished things. It wasn’t until N.J. Gov.James …

Grrr! $100. That’s how much I paid for my ticket to seeBruce Springsteen‘s (search)”Vote For Change” concert at New Jersey’s Continental Airlines Arena last Wednesday. What was I thinking? For anybody not aware of the “Vote For Change” movement, rock icon Springsteen headlines a tour that includes his wife, singer …

Kevin Bacon | Hilary Swank | Mickey Dolenz | Watches and Stereos Kevin Bacon’s Head Wound Upstages Clint This story should be all about the premiere of Clint Eastwood‘s “Million Dollar Baby,” but somehow Kevin Bacon and James Woods hijacked it. The scene was the stark and unappealing new lobby …

And now some fresh pickings from the wartime grapevine… Suicide Bombers Sought? Iranian intelligence officers are now registering volunteers to go to Iraq and elsewhere on suicide missions… according to a leading Arab newspaper based in London. The paper quotes one adviser to Iranian intelligence as saying — “We have …

Today’s hip, young things — make that hip, young, Christian things — are surfing the Net in search of God … and finding Him. A gaggle of ministries have taken their biblical messages down unconventional paths to appeal to 20- and 30-somethings. Using Web sites, multi-media, pop culture and edgy …

Super Bowl Sunday came in like a lion and went out like a lion. The big game surpassed all expectations for excitement and entertainment out here in the great Lone Star State, and even though the New England Patriots are the National Football League’s ultimate champions, it was the city …

And now some fresh pickings from the grapevine: Army Inadequate? For the first time — and despite Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s claims to the contrary — an active senior Army general is insisting that the U.S. army is too small and must be substantially increased if it is going to …

Nicole in Chains |John LennonMusical |Rocco’s Partner Nicole Kidman in Chains Nicole Kidman‘s new, unusual film, “Dogville,” won the night last night as far as star power and movie quality is concerned. Kidman’s three-hour Lars von Trier extravaganza screened in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan beforeKidman, legendary actressLauren Bacall, indie-movie …

Five months have passed since President Bush ordered a limited but effective U.S. military intervention inLiberia (search). African troops with a modicum of American support have done a credible job helping to end violence and restore political order. There’s a lesson here: When the United States engages in Africa in …