For a young boy growing up in the Midwest of the early 1960s, there was no more exiting sound than this: The Lone Ranger Yes,
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Why the sniper movie is on target.
It is the rare movie indeed that produces boffo box office numbers along with extensive and sometimes scorching political commentary. American Sniper is, if you
When things are as bad as they can be.
Originally published In The Chronotype, February 2015. One of the most popular TV series of recent years, The Walking Dead, is beginning its sixth season. Sheriff’s deputy
Hero of D-Day.
Last summer we noted the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, which led to the surrender of Germany some 11
Why I like Ike.
Originally published in The Chronotype, November 2014 The president’s advisers gathered in the Oval Office, and the news was grim: an overseas ally was being
Why we do this.
Originally published in The Chronotype, August 2014. It’s 7 in the evening and most people our age are at home, watching TV after dinner, perhaps
A Strenuous Writer's Life 