It’s been nearly 50 years since the last helicopters of Americans, and Vietnamese evacuees, left Vietnam and closed that chapter. Well, not exactly. Stories of that time and place continued to be told, and here is quite a riveting tale of compassion and heroism. Beginning of the end timeline: January 1968: The Tet Offensive. March … More Getting Out of Saigon by Ralph White (book review)
March 8, 2014. This was a routine flight was from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China. Nothing unusual about the aircraft, the route or the weather. The captain was a respected, veteran pilot, who trained over pilots. Ninety-four minutes after takeoff, MH370 disappeared from radar and communications as it entered Vietnamese airspace. Because it was … More Malaysian Airlines Flight 370: Where Did This Airplane Go?
America was great until the damn liberals, poor people, those of color or different ideas and unwashed, longhaired communists started to make trouble. Life was good in Christian, Wonder Bread America before the criticism and protests. It was those commie longhairs that tried to destroy what’s good about this country. If they don’t like it, … More Blame it on the Hippies for Wanting a Better America
“The battle of the generations was for the soul of America. Rock and roll was soft power. This was the underlying theme of Rolling Stone: a charter to examine all aspects of America, to get “the latest spin on the shit we’re in,” in Jackson Browne’s phrase, so this book is in part a report … More Jann S. Wenner: Like a Rolling Stone (book review)
A lot of people saw The Deer Hunter, it won several Academy Awards including a Best Picture Oscar and was the talk of 1978, for a variety of reasons. Heaven’s Gate would only win Razzie and Stinker Awards, and is often credited with sinking a movie studio. This blog is a tale of a director … More Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter and Heaven’s Gate
Classic rock is not only for boomers. Rock fans run the gamete of styles and ages; they may be associated with the Woodstock generation, but rock fans are as diverse as your coffee drink selections, craft beers or marijuana brands. Bruce Springsteen is not of the Woodstock era, but he cut his teeth as a … More Bruce Springsteen: Falling Out of Favor?
Carl Bernstein is a throwback to newspaper men and woman of a different and lost time in America. If you’ve ever seen The Front Page, Lou Grant or Teacher’s Pet; this was a time of hard-boiled newsroom editors who drank, smoked cigars and were married to chasing stories, or at least that’s the romanticized image. … More Carl Bernstein: Chasing History
“The President must always comes first. ‘He was born to do this job – and he’s perfect!’” – H.R. Haldeman Watergate was 50 years ago, great time to publish a book. What I expected was a word or two of remorse or regret, but you won’t find it in this book. Dwight Chapin was a … More Dwight Chapin book: The President’s Man
U.S. Presidents have different plans after that final exit from the White House. For some, a quiet life of golf and writing memoirs, for others it means speeches and staying in the public eye. The presidential memoir is a lucrative endeavor and also an opportunity to “set the record straight” so to speak. Each president … More After the White House
I am not a foreign policy expert, nor a military strategist, just someone who has lived through enough history to feel angry at the fate Afghanis now face. As of August 13, the Taliban, already in control of much of the countryside, have captured many provincial capitals, including Kandahar, with Kabul within view. Many Afghanis … More The Sad Reality of Afghanistan
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