It was a classic confrontation last night on Tucker Carlson's show, as a Hollywood heavyweight faced tough questioning on the consistency of his views. Rob Reiner is a member of the hereditary Hollywood elite[i], cursed forever by a vivid role that defined him as an actor. Reiner had the smarts and connections to leave acting as principal activity and focus on writing, directing, and producing.  He created some classics, including The Princess Bride, Stand by Me, and This is Spinal Tap.  He founded Castle Rock Entertainment.  This is no dummy, despite his politics. As Donald Trump did, Reiner inherited some advantages in a line of business from his father and expanded on that base with great overall success.  But Trump has his Atlantic City casino debacle, and Reiner has North, because we all make mistakes now and then. Reiner's genuine adult persona has the politics you'd expect the dogmatic leftist graduate student he played...(Read Full Post)