People have asked me my opinion of the Rev. Terry Jones’ threat to burn the Quran this past weekend. Personally I think the best thing to do with this story is to not give this insignificant media-hound with all of
A week ago a curious package addressed to me arrived at my office. Having no (known) enemies I opened it at my desk and out fell a DVD with a hand-written post-it note attached. The note was from film producer
Al Sharpton is not happy with Glenn Beck. On The O’Reilly Factor yesterday he took umbrage with Beck’s desire to “take back the Civil Rights movement.” Now, as I see it there are several reasons a so-called Black Community leader
What would I want in the perfect action film? Let’s see. There has to be first and foremost a seriously bad-ass villain who seems to hold all the cards. Bigger, stronger, heavily armed, inimically cunning, and totally remorseless. Then toss
The 65th anniversary of the surrender of Japan (following what was for US forces a three year and eight month ordeal of savage fighting across the Pacific starting at Pearl Harbor and finally culminating in the incineration of two of
Homer Simpson once observed during a Springfield Oktoberfest gala: “Ah the Germans. Ya just can’t stay mad at ’em!” And certainly after the actions taken by Hamburg authorities yesterday, I must heartily concur. In a move that flies in the
August 6th marked the 65th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan in which anywhere from 75,000 to 100,000 plus were killed either from the blast itself or the radiation in its
Chapter 49 Air Combat From The German Cockpit We dipped our noses and started to make our run towards the bomber formation. They grew in size at an exponential rate. I zeroed in on the lead plane. I switched on
“In Dachau we were forced to look at the so-called gassing installations. They really put on a great show for us there…They showed us normal shower installations that were supposed gassing installations. They showed us two ovens used for 6,000
My new novel, “Hummel’s Cross,” is the story of a German fighter pilot who risks everything to help a family of Jews escape the Nazis during the height of the air war over Europe. It just went up for sale
When in 2003, Sen. Strom Thurmond passed away, the New York Times‘ obituary headline read: Strom Thurmond, Foe of Integration, Dies at 100 The paper then went on to justify this summation of a 100-year life and 56 years in
The last line in the movie “The Bridges At Toko Ri” asks the poignant question about the US Military: “Where do we get such men?” That same question being asked during the Korean War film is just as applicable today
I have a frequent nightmare: In the year 2011, with the full support and complicity of their shadow ally, Russia, the Islamofacist regime in Tehran announces that they have developed a deliverable nuclear weapon(s). That any attempt by any nation
Friday, June 25th, marked the sixtieth anniversary of the start of the Korean War. Coming just five years after the end of World War II, the fighting would last three years and cost the lives of 34,000 Americans, 17,000 soldiers
Pork Chop Hill (1959): Unlike other films where Korea was used merely as a backdrop against which other issues are explored, Pork Chop Hill is a true Korean War movie. Based on historian General S.L.A. Marshall’s eponymous book Pork Chop
The Manchurian Candidate (1962): Director John Frankenheimer’s chilling film-noir Cold War thriller was remade in 2004 and updated with a Gulf War theme but the original, which opens in 1952 Korea, is the masterpiece. It has a complex plot but
M*A*S*H (1970): Robert Altman’s irreverent film adaptation of Richard Hooker’s novel is a spoof on the futility of war that was set in Korea but coming as it did while our troops were fully engaged in Southeast Asia, its anti-establishment
Hopefully my two-cents about the films in this five-part series will help if you are looking for a way to honor those veterans, living and dead, who deserve to be remembered today, June 25th, the 60th anniversary of the Korean
Sometimes significant events in history can be triggered by random intersections, the results of which literally change the direction of the world in which we live. The entertainment/media industry is not immune to this phenomenon. The story of Pixar Animation
June 25th is fast approaching and I hope this year, given the international tensions all around us, we pause and consider that it is not just another day but the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. When
I get the cross-over thing. Especially where country music is concerned. While listenership of most other music products has declined in recent years, country music continues to grow in popularity. So it makes sense that artists from other genres are
This past April, an undated photo of two slave children was found at a moving sale in Charlotte, North Carolina, accompanied by a document detailing the sale of “John” for $1,150 in 1854. (John is presumably one of the children).
Sometimes it’s just so easy. I mean if I really wanted to, I could find all the material needed to expose the folly of the far left just by watching Bill Maher every week and picking apart the claims he
Bill Maher a racist? Who’da thunk it? Actually, anyone who pays even remote attention to the far-left comedic mouth piece could have figured that out pretty quickly. Yes, Bill, I am calling you a racist. This accusation which he so
General strikes in Greece have brought much of the country to a halt as trade unions and government workers stage more protests over austerity measures. A 24-hour work stoppage last week closed much of the country’s public sector and shut
