With the Academy Awards show coming up on Sunday night, there is a lot of commentary out there about the awards show, its host, and the nominated films. Check out the National Review symposium for a multitude of opinions about the nominated films. Ned Rice also has some thoughts about the awards, in a humorous vein. Here is an op-ed piece in the Boston Globe from a Liberal young person's perspective about Jon Stewart, essentially blaming Stewart for the fact that Liberal youths eschew participation in politics. This story in the Washington Times asserts that few people really care who wins the Oscars. I suspect the ratings will be relatively anemic. Charles Krauthammer singles out Syriana as the best expression of anti-Americanism in the current crop of films. In fact, he thinks Osama could have written the script.

Here is an interesting piece about the impact of the cartoon jihad.

Gerard Baker warns Europeans that, with the situation in Iraq looking grim, Americans might be persuaded to pick up our toys and go home, which would leave the Europeans to fend for themselves.

Jim Geraghty has some perceptive thoughts about the political atmosphere in America today, as expressed by the uproar over the Dubai Ports World deal. He believes we have reached a post-tipping point era in domestic politics, with growing anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiment, a growing frustration with illegal immigration and the business-as-usual attitude in Washington. I can sense it, as well. Americans supported George W. Bush overwhelmingly when it seemed that he was leading us in the fight against our enemies. Now, it appears as if he is stumbling and bumbling through the fight, unwilling to take the more draconian measures most Americans would favor to defeat the enemy (closing our borders, racially profiling airline passengers and companies that want to run out ports, etc.). If you think anti-immigrant and, especially, anti-Arab sentiment is growing now, just wait until they hit us again here at home.