https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/01/05/theres-nothing-sadder-or-better-in-the-cinema-than-a-desica-movie/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 18:49:24 -0400<![CDATA[I have just linked over at Pajamas what I think is one of the more interesting &#8211; and, alas, depressing &#8211; blog posts I have read in a while: Do We Now Return to the Garden of the Finzi-Continis? from our esteemed ShrinkWrapped. The doctor is worried that, with the departure of Ariel Sharon, we (and when I say &#8220;we&#8221; I don&#8217;t mean just Jews) may be be headed &#8220;back to the future,&#8221; or should I say &#8220;future to the back&#8221;?, to the horrendous decades of the Thirties and Forties. The spectre on the horizon in all this is, of course, the Iran of the maniac Ahmadinejad, not to mention our friends in Al Qaeda said to be infiltrating Gaza with alacrity. As ShrinkWrapped puts it:]]>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:47:26 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2006/01/05/theres-nothing-sadder-or-better-in-the-cinema-than-a-desica-movie-n210935