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I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

- Frank Rich
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History is cyclical, and it would be foolhardy to assume that the culture wars will never return.

While F.D.R. once told Americans that we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Mr. Ashcroft is delighted to play the part of Fear Itself, an assignment in which he lets his imagination run riot.

As America knows, Obama turned down the lucrative career path guaranteed to the first African-American president of The Harvard Law Review to pursue the missions of service and teaching instead. The potential rewards for our country, now that that early choice has led him into the White House, are enormous.

'Up in the Air' is not a political movie. It won't be mistaken for either a Michael Moore or Any Rand polemic on capitalism.

It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The facts change from week to week, but the sort of masquerade doesn't.

I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio.

Nationalization, unmentionable only yesterday, has entered common usage not least because an even scarier word - depression - is next on America's list to avoid.

My particular historical vantage point is a product of my upbringing as that odd duck, a native Washingtonian whose parents were not in government. The first presidential transition of my sentient lifetime, Kennedy's, I remember vividly.

After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are.

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I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.