Charles Foster Kane or John Doe?

  It should come as no surprise Donald Trump’s favorite movie is the 1941 Orson Wells classic Citizen Kane. In a 1998 review, critic Roger Ebert opens with the following. “I don’t think any word can explain a man’s life,” says one of the searchers through the warehouse of treasures left behind by Charles Foster Kane. … Read more

The Wonderful Wizard of ORs

  The late George Carlin once questioned whether the opening to the TV series The Adventures of Superman starring George Reeves was redundant or contradictory.  Each week, the narrator would remind us: Yes, it’s Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, … Read more

America’s “Basial” Divide

  The Wednesday morning quarterbacking is in full swing.  Journalists and pundits are pontificating what each campaign did right or wrong and the challenges facing both major political parties.  Being a political junkie, that was my first instinct.  This morning I woke up with a different perspective. This shift in mindset comes not from the questions … Read more

What Do We Do Now?

  Even though it is cloudy this morning (literally), I’m still pretty sure the sun came up in the East as it always does.  As it will for the next four years. I have some thoughts about why American voters chose to elect Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, but will … Read more

My Rejected Screenplay

  The “butterfly effect” is defined as the scientific theory a single event, regardless of size, can change the course of the universe.  The concept has been used in many contexts.  For example, environmentalist have warned extinction of the most seemingly insignificant species might be the trigger that unleashes a  catastrophic ecological disaster.  And as … Read more