Hopper was very frank in his pronouncements, and one of the truths he imparted was that Clint Eastwood fled California and made for Italy in the 1960’s to escape persecution, ostracism, and unemployment.
Presidential assassinations and assassination attempts are an indication of deeply flawed political morality.
The gentle reader is aware by now of my fascination with “true crime,” as it was called when Britain ruled the waves.
It is a peculiar feature of our culture that those outside the Catholic Church often appear acutely aware of the Church’s negative prescriptions on sexuality, if not the positive message they serve. Yet such matters are rarely mentioned in sermons at mass, to which the Church hopes eventually to welcome those currently outside it.
This essay on Operation Eagle Claw appeared two years ago on this website.
Recently more than in times past, the month of April triggers some ominous memories that have become more vivid somehow with distance in time. I had relegated my memories of the events of Operation Eagle Claw (OEC) to my mind’s recesses after leaving the First Ranger Battalion for Special Forces (SF) in August of 1980 following the ill-fated mission that past April.
Marrying up can be a challenge. Wife-driven home remodeling and construction projects provide me with a steady stream of practical how-to questions. She is always at it.
This noble organization is now under attack from bigots working for Donald Trump.
I never saw much point in parenthood when my firstborn arrived, anyway not until Nikolai was two or three years old, a bit younger than Vasily is now.
The Victorian Age, though often depicted rigidly conservative and conventional, was actually a period of great cultural ferment, both revolution and counter-revolution
