As someone old enough to remember the debacle of the Pentagon Papers in the Richard Nixon administration, I had an ominous premonition last June that Edward Snowden’s release from what looked like packing boxes full of classified materials would expose a heinous wrongdoing. by our National Security Agency. (NSA) and the other 15 intelligence services operating under the auspices of […]
“Wooooooo! To be the man, you have to beat the man!” quotes Ric Flair, possibly one of the best known professional wrestlers in history. “The Nature Boy”, widely recognized as the 16-time World Champion (8-time NWA, 6-time WCW, and 2-time WWE), is a hated and popular wrestler throughout his 36-year career. In fact, his legends and legacy have made a […]
“The true method of singing is in harmony with nature and the laws of health.” Giovanni Battista Lamperti, The techniques of Bel Canto, p. 1 Giovanni Lamperti and his father Francesco carried the illustrious banner of the “old Italian school” of voice training during the 19th century. While the method was perhaps uncomfortably short in scientific analysis for a modern […]
It is a modern tragedy. A young man is born with incredible talent and promise, and then achieves unimaginable success early in life. A glorious future is predicted, but instead his life is a series of increasingly bizarre behaviors and events, culminating in his untimely death. Michael Jackson is called “The Prince of Pop”, but he should be known as […]
In every corner of the film and music industry, you can see many new artists now like Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan and many more. Hollywood is indeed a place where people of all kinds become celebrities. One of them is actress, writer, producer, talk show host and director Bonnie Hunt. Would you think I was a […]
The city of Chicago is going through a period of violence that is gaining national and international attention. Stories highlighting extreme gun violence in certain parts of the city appear in the media every week. This weekend alone, Easter weekend, there were 23 shootings in the city and large groups of teenagers rampaged through the wealthy Michigan Avenue business district. […]
While the technique of having the opening scene of a movie come back at the end (with the story told in the middle) is not new, it works perfectly for Oasis’ compelling documentary ‘Supersonic’. Beginning with the group boarding a helicopter that takes them to Knebworth, where they will perform for 250,000 people for two nights in August 1996, it […]
On June 11, 2007, WWE aired a segment at the end of RAW that showed Vince McMahon getting into a limousine moments before it exploded. The show went off the air shortly after, and WWE.com reported the angle as legitimate fact, proclaiming that McMahon was “presumed dead.” Although this was the fate of Vince McMahon’s fictional character, the real person […]
The turmoil during World War I coinciding with the rise of the Bolsheviks led to intrigue around the Last Tsar of Russia. The last Tsar who had amassed treasure beyond imagination was still waiting to be found. A treasure that vanished just as the Bolshevik raiders seized power and brought down the House of Romanoff. It was 1917 a period […]
Alaska visitors to Kodiak Island are amazed to find the multitude of exciting wildlife options that are available. From the moment you land in Kodiak, you are surrounded by Alaskan wilderness. Kodiak is best known for the large population of Kodiak brown bears, the world’s largest land carnivore. Polar bears are considered marine animals and are only bigger. If you […]
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