Dr. ESP If nothing else, the Trump campaign organization and White House have proven to be a masters of misdirection. And unfortunately, for the most part, they have been successful in setting the narrative. But that may have changed on Monday, when the liar-in-chief was exposed as a hack conspiracy theorist by FBI Director James Comey … Read more
Does the name Alfred E. Lewis ring a bell? Probably not. Yet it was under his by-line the Washington Post reported the June 17, 1972 arrest of five individuals at the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate office complex. The opening paragraph stated: Five men, one of whom said he is a former employee … Read more
Act IV: A New Hope Scene I: The Oval Chamber [Lady MacTrump enters with the castle budget.] MacTrump Thou anticipated my dread exploits. The flighty purpose never is o’ertook unless the deed go with it. From this moment, the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my tiny hands. Lady MacTrump (Steve … Read more
FACT: Thomas Jefferson, not only owned slaves, he fathered children by at least one that we know of. FACT: Ty Cobb was a racist and Babe Ruth once told his young fans, “It’s simple kids. If you drink and smoke and eat and screw as much as me. Well, kiddos, someday you’ll be just … Read more
In the 1967 Paul Newman vehicle Cool Hand Luke, the unnamed “Captain” (Strother Martin), who oversees the prison in which Luke resides, delivers a line which the American Film Institute (AFI) ranks #11 among its list of top 100 quotations in American cinema. What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. This sentence is most … Read more