Monthly Archives: January 2013

A Star’s Speech

In the winter of 1986 my cousin Sherri invited me out to North Hollywood to write screenplays for her XXX films. The athletic brunette was moving from before the camera to behind the lens. While not MGM her proposition appealed to me. I was living in Paris. It was cold. LA was sunny, even the […]

In The Face Of The Enemy

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&q=chuck+hagel+quote+israel&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1357700187,d.dmQ&biw=1213&bih=627&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=qG7zUPOaA4680AGZ24HwCg On January 7, 2013, President Barack Obama announced his choice of former Senator Chuck Hagel to replace ex-Spook Leo Panetta as Secretary of Defense. While a top GOP leader during his years in the Senate, conservatives were quick to attack Hagel for his statement, “”Let me clear something up here, if there’s any doubt […]

Xenophon’s March

After 9/11 then-President GW Bush’s security advisers targeted Afghanistan for revenge. The Northern Alliance was armed by CIA secret shipments to fight the Taliban and B-52s pounded al-Qaaspringda bases through the war-torn nation. NATO troops backed the new government with the USA providing the majority of combatants. An easy victory was never in the cards, […]

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich achieved international acclaim with her 1930 performance as Lola the gold-digging cabaret singer in BLUE ANGEL. Paramount Studios promoted the German actress as a rival to MGM’s Greta Garbo. Von Sternberg guided his star to success in MOROCCO, DISHONORED, BLONDE VENUS, and SHANGHAI EXPRESS by heightening her beauty through the illusions of light […]

NO MAN’S LAND

Farangs consider themselves smarter than Thais. This superiority complex is based on the centuries of Western domination over the rest of the world. Foreigners boast about their education and well-paid jobs to each other with pride. The Thais regard farangs kee-nok or bird shit. The West never conquered Thailand. Farang food is tasteless and the […]