RIP: Sydney Pollack, 1934-2008

As NowPublic has reported here and here, acclaimed actor and director Sydney Pollack has died of cancer at the age of 73. Accolades and remembrances are beginning to pour in. Here is a sample of recent posts...

US director Sydney Pollack dies

Famous Actor turned director hollywood director Sydney Pollack had died of cancer. Director of Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie and The Way We Were died on Monday, surrounded by family members, at his home in...

Iraq, Brookings And The US Democratic Partisans Of War

When Michael E. O'Hanlon and Kenneth M. Pollack returned from Iraq they wrote in the "International Herald Tribune" on July 30 (1): "The political debate in Washington is surreal. The Bush administration has...

Flying Pig Moment

"This may be THE Flying Pig Moment of 2007. The New York Times has published an editorial by MICHAEL E. O’HANLON and KENNETH M. POLLACK that reflects much of the cautious optimism that we’ve seen since the...