SMITCHing

Lancaster County centers on a centuries old community of Pennsylvania Dutch. Apparently, you gotta watch them closely .

Does anyone else still hear echoes of Leni Riefenstahl in Will.i.am's February 08 ode to Obama? Granted, there were overwrought comparison's when the video made its debut, but a lot has changed in the last 14 months. Campaign rhetoric has given way to the hard realities of governance. Citizens of all political persuasions have cause for concern over the breath-taking changes the current administration is making to an America "in crisis." Some fear the change is too much, while for others it's not happening as fast or as extensively as they would like. But time offers perspective, eventually on the new president's policies and for now on Will.i.am's video. His is a brilliant example of political propaganda in the tradition of Riefenstahl. Do not for a moment think that this makes him a Nazi. I do not doubt the nobility of Will.i.am's intent. Rather, I am interested in the favorable comparison of two unarguably talented artists, and the outcome of their...