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Politically Correct Is Denial
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In 1945 my uncle was with Patton, in the Battle of the Bulge, and was awarded the Bronze Star for gallantry. He was all of nineteen. Rachel Jeantel is nineteen and she is frequently referred to by the media commentators such as Piers Morgan, that egg–sucking sycophant, as a “child.” She is not a child. Undereducated, […]
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In 18 Days
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23 July 1940, Brooklyn, New York. In 1939 Hollywood had one of its greatest years in movie-making, Gone With The Wind, Wuthering Heights, Stagecoach, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Goodbye, Mr. Chips etc. In 1941 Citizen Kane was released which would haunt me for decades after seeing it as a very young boy. […]
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What I Did for My Summer Vacation
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Jane and I went to Cedar City, Utah for a short working vacation. I wanted to see if I could buy into a vacation home away from Henderson, Nevada, a respite from the blandness of that community. I wanted a place that had seasons, rain, snow, mist, fog, as varietal as wines. I am writing […]
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Heaven’s Gate
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I have just watched Heaven’s Gate as an act of curiosity, having it praised as a kind of masterpiece even with its tattered history of a fiasco by a friend. Lots of movies did not get their just due until years after their making — The Magnificent Ambersons comes to mind as well as The […]