Writing for WaPo, Hunter does Heston right. Here’s a taste:

He was the hawk.

He soared. In fact, everything about him soared. His shoulders soared, his cheekbones soared, his brows soared. Even his hair soared. . . .

Later in his life, he took that stance into politics, becoming president of the National Rifle Association just when anti-gun attitudes were reaching their peak. Pilloried and parodied, lampooned and bullied, he never relented, he never backed down, and in time it came to seem less an old star’s trick of vanity than an act of political heroism. He endured, like Moses. He aged, like Moses. And the stone tablet he carried had only one commandment: Thou shalt be armed. It can even be said that if the Supreme Court in June finds a meaning in the Second Amendment consistent with NRA policy, that he will have died just short of the Promised Land — like Moses.

Charlton Heston, Actor, Author, Patriot

Charlton Heston, the Oscar-winning actor who achieved stardom playing larger-than-life figures including Moses, Michelangelo and Andrew Jackson in historical epics and went on to become a best-selling author, a contentious Hollywood labor leader, an unapologetic gun advocate and darling of conservative causes, has died. He was 84.

Source: LA Times

A man of integrity and strength, and an American patriot. A force for freedom was lost when he retired from public life. Today a light is gone from the world.

Bruce Willis, one of those rare Hollywood Republicans, has entertained troops in Iraq and Kuwait with his blues band. Last Saturday, he attended a formal ball for the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment in Washington state:

“Regardless of your feelings about the war in Iraq, at the very least there are young men and women who are asked every day to make the ultimate sacrifice and are not getting the respect back home they deserve,” Willis said in a brief interview. “Until that changes, I intend to keep talking about it.”

Jenna Bush is a hit in Europe, while sister Barbara “has been working in near anonymity as a volunteer” at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in South Africa (“one of the premier health facilities in Africa for children with AIDS and other ailments”).

Rightwing Nuthouse does a very credible job of comparing Ann Coulter to Thomas Paine.

Hopefully you’ve noticed today’s Day by Day strip and perhaps wondered what the fuss is all about. Check out this interview with Playgirl editor Michele Zipp:

“Siding with the GOP when you live in the bluest state around is almost like wearing a Boston Red Sox jersey at a New York Yankees’ home game,” says Zipp in the April issue of PLAYGIRL. “I cannot tell you how many times a person assumed I voted for John Kerry in 2004. Most of the time, I don’t have the heart to tell them, or the energy to discuss my reasons for going red this election year. But this is PLAYGIRL magazine so it’s about time I was the one who bared what’s underneath.” How could a member of the media who produces adult entertainment for women, advocating sexual exploration, fulfillment and adventure possibly side with conservatives from the red states? Zipp spells it out. “Those on the right are presumed to be all about power and greed — two really sexy traits in the bedroom. They want it, they want it now, and they’ll do anything to get it. And I’m not talking about some pansy-assed victory, I’m talking about full on jackpot, satisfaction for all.” “The Democrats of the Sixties were all about making love and not war while a war-loving Republican is a man who would fight, bleed, sacrifice, and die for his country. Could you imagine what that very same man would do for his wife in the bedroom?” asks Zipp. She takes on sexual politics with insight, conviction and a refreshing new spin.

Hat tip to Kitty Litter.

Mr. Linkletter, the former host of “Kids Say the Darnedest Things” and current National Chairman of the United Seniors Association (USA), made his views on the AARP known Monday in an interview on Fox News’ “Your World with Neil Cavuto.”

During the interview, the 93-year-old conservative Linkletter touted the importance of Social Security reform with personal retirement accounts and went on to call the AARP, which opposes President Bush’s reform plan, “the largest liberal lobbying group in Washington.”

HUMAN EVENTS has learned USA has no intention of backing down from Linkletter’s criticism of the AARP. In fact, the coming issue of USA Next, a quarterly publication by USA and a special supplement to HUMAN EVENTS, takes on the AARP directly.

In addition, USA CEO Charlie Jarvis will appear on Fox News’ “O’Reilly Factor” on Thursday, February 10, to launch the “USA Next Stop Scaring Seniors NOW!” — a campaign focusing on the AARP and the alleged damage it has done and continues to do to America.

The Regan stamp that was announced last November was released for sale today.

Miller, who served as head of the Office of Management and Budget under Reagan, recalled the former president as a down-to-earth man who could help others break the tension.

Once, when Congress and the president couldn’t agree on a budget and the government was faced with a shutdown, Miller said, “he turned to me, put his hand on my shoulder, and said, ‘Jim, Jim, just settle down. Let’s close ‘er down and see if anybody notices.’”

Other stamps to be released this year can be found on the USPS web site, including a Distinguished Marines in June and Greta Garbo in September.

Rocker Ted Nugent is going to the inaugural festivities next week to play at one of the many parties, but the 26-member marching band from Crawford high-school was also invited to march down Pennsylvania Avenue. Unfortunately, the group was having trouble coming up with the $48,000 necessary to pay for the trip.

To help raise funds Nugent is holding a happening which he dubbed “Uncle Ted’s Barbecue Rhythm and Blues Rock-Out.”

Chances are slim that Mr. Nugent will break out his 12-foot Saddam Hussein doll and shoot it through the heart with a bow and arrow at the end of his show tonight. He’s saving that for the Toby Keith tour.