Captain AmericaMaking Captain America: The First Avenger was a huge film risk, but one that should pay off big for the Marvel superhero franchise. The Captain America reboot is mostly retro, something that has already failed in theaters, and starring a leading man who's never played the role. Based in the Second World War, where weakling Steve Rogers (played impeccably by Chris Evans) is rejected again and again by Army recruiters, Rogers signs up for an experimental program to create super-soldiers. Using science from expatriate German scientists, and the super-steroids (and "vita-rays," ... yeah, whatever that is), Rogers turns into Captain America.

Walter Williams is associated with that paradoxical phenomenon typically known as “black conservatism.” However, while Williams is a fierce opponent of the leftist political ideology that has overcome the majority of his fellow black Americans — he is a rightist — it is not altogether technically accurate to describe him as a conservative.

Chip WoodA lot of good people who believe, as I do, that we need to balance the federal budget have fallen for a very bad idea. I’m referring to the notion that a balanced budget amendment will somehow help solve the fiscal disaster our country faces.


Just when you think government can’t get any more bizarre, along comes a story that makes you wonder if Larry, Moe, and Curly can be far behind. The following above-the-fold headline appeared in Thursday’s Washington Times print version: “D.C.’s fix: Set up a gun shop with cops.” Somebody must have caught the Freudian slip, as the paper’s online version dispensed with the opening pun, “D.C.’s fix,” and left it at “D.C. police sets up gun dealer in its headquarters.”