Author: Chris Sullivan

“America wins the wars that she undertakes, make no mistake about it, and we have declared war on tyranny and aggression.” Obama, one of the Bushes or Clinton? It’s a familiar bit of nonsense, but it was said by Lyndon Johnson sometime around 50 years ago. The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara is a 2003 SONY production that is basically an interview with the former longest-serving Secretary of Defense. McNamara was in office during some of the biggest events of mid-century: the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, the seizure of … Continue reading →

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Eurythmics – Would I Lie to You? Liar, Liar – The Castaways (1965) Lies – The Knickerbockers Lies – Rolling Stones The Beatles’- Taxman The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again AC/DC – Highway to Hell Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere Lyrics Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son (Lyric Video) AC DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 1976 AC/DC – Moneytalks The Yardbirds – Dazed and Confused (720p HD) Dirty Laundry – Don Henley [News Parody] “You’re No Good” w/lyrics- Linda Ronstadt The Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes – 1971 Abba – Money, Money, Money The O’Jays – … Continue reading →

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“There’s a man who leads a life of danger To everyone, he meets he stays a stranger With every move he makes  another chance he takes Odds are he won’t live to see tomorrow . Secret agent man, secret agent man” So said Johnny Rivers in the theme to the ’60s show Secret Agent. Mark Riebling draws a far different picture in his book Church Of Spies in which most of the subjects know each other and use their real names. When I first heard of the book I thought it was some kind of silly Dan Brown novel with … Continue reading →

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Mendax News Service I must be one of the very few people who has never seen any of the Planet of the Apes movies, but around the same time of the first one there was a commercial failure made called Planet of the Slaves. If I remember correctly it was produced by Milton Mayer, with a screenplay by Lysander Spooner and starred a B-grade actor named Robert Nozick who plays the protagonist W. L “Bill” Garrison. Garrison and his band land on a planet that is governed by a kakistocracy of omnicompetent – or so they think – men. The … Continue reading →

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The Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850 to deal with the problem of runaway slaves and the weakening of a 1793 law with the same objective. All people want to keep the fruits of their labor and when this desire is violated they seek some remedy, whether it be a change in the law or a change in location. If a slave could make it to Canada he was probably safe from the slave catchers. Some northern states had laws against black people – slave or free – moving into the state, so Canada was probably the best option. … Continue reading →