In Francis Ford's Coppola's brilliant 1979 film Apocalypse Now we have the CIA ordering the assassination of a renegade colonel. Colonel Kurtz, played by Marlon Brando, rambled 'Off the reservation' and simply went too far, even for the genocide loving US government...

You're eighteen, second semester at Brooklyn College (a tough school to get into) and always looking to make a few bucks spending money. I mean, you live at home and college tuition costs only $32 a year. Ah, the good old days of free tuition at the CUNY ( Ciy...

 Remember the famous line by Claude Rains as Captain Renault in Casablanca? After being told by his Nazi handlers to close Rick's Cafe he responded to Bogart's question of why are you shutting me down? He simply answered 'There's gambling going on!' as he then took...

Back in my Brooklyn NYC of the 50s and 60s we used to call the neighborhood luncheonette 'The Candy Store'. In my Ave U neighborhood we had at least one such store every few short blocks. The one I will  focus on was ' Moe's Luncheonette' on Ave U between East 24th St...

The trickster was always what he is now. For decades he had conned too many of the public, the business world, and of course the government. Years ago the trickster, being influenced by his role model Roy Cohn, gave his money to both of the two empire's political...

Imagine how all those wonderful (yeah, right) good and devout MAGA Christians just love Jesus. After all, they say he is the Son of God (or is it lately their new King Donald?). One wonders if any of these folks ever took the time to read The Sermon on the Mount from...