BU’s Randy Barnett weighs in on the Oscars:

OK, the boos from the audience (and Steve Martin’s retort about the
Teamsters helping him into the trunk of his limo) made it easier to take
Michael Moore’s award and anti-war grandstanding. Just imagine how
cheers and a standing ovation would have felt. But I am struck by how
Hollywood’s “restraint” is itself a bit offensive and condescending
(symbolized by Susan Sarandon’s sly peace sign), financially motivated
as it is. And one more thing: “Hollywood” is incapable (so far at
least) of expressing actual support for American and British troops in
the field. Were anyone to do so, you can imagine the booing we would
hear then. The whole exercise seems hollow and empty this year.