In a moving commentary in Monday’s (May 29), New York Times, Documentarians Ken Burns and Lynn Novick reflect on their ten-year research detailed in an upcoming documentary, The Vietnam War. “For more than a generation,” Burns and Novick write, “instead of forging a path … Read More
May 2017
May 31, 2017
“My Life Must Stand for Something”
May 29, 2017
Reflecting on Kennedy
Today would have been the 100th birthday of John F. Kennedy. While he served less than three years as the nation’s 35th president, more books have been written about Kennedy – 62,000 – than any president in the last 152 years, (Lincoln comes in first … Read More
May 26, 2017
Standards, What Standards?
Fox News executives should issue the following statement: “Fox News is calling for a total and complete shutdown of inaccurate and false stories coming from Sean Hannity until Fox representatives can figure out what the HELL is going on!” P.S. – They have, sort of.… Read More
May 23, 2017
Alex Jones Recants? Not so Fast
“I’m choosing this as a battle. On this I will stand. I will win, or I will die, I’m not backing down. I’m never giving up. I love this.” – Alex Jones, InfoWars Well, for Jones, the battle not only didn’t last long, but he … Read More
May 19, 2017
The Witch Doctor of Truth
President Trump must’ve missed CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 the other night when Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz recommended that the president get a personal lawyer and “zip it! …stop tweeting… stop talking…”
On Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein – an oasis of rationality – … Read More
May 17, 2017
A Bridge Too Far?
Gen. Field Marshall Model’s aide: Field Marshall, pardon me for interrupting, but… British paratroops have apparently landed … three kilometers from here! Gen. Model: Why should they do that? There is nothing valuable here. … Me! I am valuable. They have all come just to … Read More
May 15, 2017
His Own Big Mouth
There’s a moment in the film Patton where America’s World War II general has been sidelined from command and stationed in a French château after criticizing U.S. allies, slapping an enlisted soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress and calling him a coward. General Bedell Smith explains … Read More
May 12, 2017
How Many More Shoes?
Look, let’s get serious here; the firing of FBI Director James Comey by President Trump while the director is in the midst of an investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia is not normal.
Senator John McCain called Trump’s actions “unprecedented,” The … Read More
May 10, 2017
Two Baseball Stories
On Monday May 1, Baltimore outfielder Adam Jones said he was called the N-word and had a bag of peanuts thrown at him by some Boston Red Sox fans.
Jones said it was one of the worst experiences he’s encountered in the 12-years he’s been … Read More
May 8, 2017
It Didn’t Have to Happen
This is what happens when poor information and irrational fear trumps verified medical science.
“The young mother,” The Washington Post reports (May 5), “started getting advice early on from friends in the close-knit Somali immigrant community here. Don’t let your children get the vaccine for … Read More