Screenwriter and Conservative Commentator

Lionel Chetwynd

2 articles 2002–2008

Lionel Chetwynd is a Canadian-American screenwriter, director, and producer known for films and television movies with political and military themes, including the Emmy-nominated 'Hanoi Hilton' and the 9/11 film 'DC 9/11: Time of Crisis.' A conservative voice in Hollywood, he contributed occasional pieces to The Weekly Standard on political and military topics.

Obama of the North

March 3, 2008 · Lionel Chetwynd, Magazine

Chris Matthews tells us that Obama's victory speech after the Potomac primaries he felt "this thrill going up my leg." Frothing on, he invokes the last Democrat to carry Virginia, JFK. Brit Hume runs a replay of an audience member at the same speech enjoying an almost orgasmic reaction. Again,…

Dulce et Decorum Est . . .

June 3, 2002 · Lionel Chetwynd, Magazine

ENCINO, CALIFORNIA The skirl of the bagpipes, the Highland Claymore draped in Black Watch tartan, the men in kilts, all were incongruities in this San Fernando Valley Episcopal Church. May 15 had been clear and warm, the light breeze in the palm trees promising a perfect California night for…