Also appearing will be author David Sirota, who opines on his Sirotablog that Democrats continue to regurgitate a "fallacy" that Sen. Joe Lieberman is a centrist while lecturing Connecticut primary voters that Lieberman is "supposedly the reincarnation of John F. Kennedy."
"I swear - sometimes it is really just incredibly amazing how arrogant these out-of-touch, Beltway-insulated establishment apologists are, how stupid they think the public is - and how they are willing to embarrass themselves by so publicly expressing those traits in print," he writes.
Another festival highlight: a screening of Greenwald's new film, "The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress."
EVIL HOLIDAYS
We wrote last month that more and more Westerners, including Americans, are vacationing in North Korea, of all militaristic, missile-launching communist states.
Even the British Broadcasting Corp. highlighted the country in the vacation series, "Holidays in the Axis of Evil," although their reporter described it as a "Stalinist theme park."
Aware that North Korea is attracting foreign tourists as a means of earning much-needed international currency, the State Department has issued this advisory to Americans:
"Government security personnel closely monitor the activities and conversations of foreigners in North Korea. Hotel rooms, telephones and fax machines may be monitored, and personal possessions in hotel rooms may be searched. . . .
"Foreign visitors to North Korea may be arrested, detained or expelled for activities that would not be considered criminal outside North Korea, including involvement in unsanctioned religious and political activities, engaging in unauthorized travel or interaction with the local population."
YOU DON'T SAY
Our ears perked up when a member of the White House press corps persisted in asking presidential press secretary Tony Snow whether he was "concerned about the Mexican election, and what it might mean if there's a real problem down there."
Such as?
"They both claim to be president - we've got two guys claiming to be president of Mexico," the reporter said. "What if we've got two guys both claiming victory?"
Without naming names, Snow reminded the scribe: "I think we've had situations here where people have - there have been multiple claimants to victory."
PLAYING WITH FIRE
'Tis the season for fireworks, when Secret Service ears are trained to distinguish the difference between the sound of a firecracker and a firearm.
During one ride back to the White House this week, President Bush's motorcade came to a halt at a red light on 17th Street Southeast, near Congressional Cemetery, when suddenly there was a loud pop from a single firecracker.
Likely culprits: two boys and a girl, jumping up and down on a nearby rowhouse porch.
PIVOTAL OHIO
No better city than Cleveland or state than Ohio to play host this week to the 70th anniversary gala and board meeting of the Young Republican (YR) National Federation.
Honored guests are Ohio Sen. George V. Voinovich and his wife, Janet, both of whom were Cleveland YRs however many years ago. (Hint: The senator will turn 70 on July 15.)
Among the events are a black-tie Friday evening at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a dinner Saturday featuring Republican National Committee Co-chairman Jo Ann Davidson, who is no stranger to Ohio politics.
Elected to the RNC's helm 18 months ago, Davidson was a member of the Ohio legislature for 20 years, serving as House speaker from 1995 to 2000. She caught the attention of President Bush in 2004 when, as chairman of his Ohio Valley regional campaign, she helped the state recruit more than 87,000 volunteers, who made more than 4.5 million door-to-door knocks and phone calls to voters - the majority in the final 72 hours of Bush's hard-fought campaign against Democratic Sen. John Kerry.
Indeed, Bush could not claim victory - or, for that matter, Kerry acknowledge defeat - until the late morning after Election Day, once all the votes in Ohio were counted.