If you like to spike your indie film and entetainment news  with some in-depth political analysis and clips (who doesn't?) Steve Barnes is your man. Check out his blog Empires Fall:

"My position has always been that soft power is far, far stronger than hard power over the long haul, as well as being gigantically cheaper. George Bush has squandered the soft power reserves of the United States just as he's squandered the US military."

Right on, Steve.