Book Review: The Third Terrorist

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Brian Wright

Mideast connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing?
by Jayna Davis

“Why do questions swirl around the official account of the massacre in Oklahoma City? A CNN/USA Today poll—taken shortly before publication of this book in 2004—revealed that 68 percent of Americans believed other bombing conspirators were still out there, somewhere. I found them,” writes author of The Third Terrorist, Jayna Davis, “hiding in plain sight.”

Investigative reporter Davis’s alarming book describes a personal journey from the rubble of the Murrah Federal Building on the fateful 19th day of April, 1995, to the large and varied evidence of Continue reading →

Movie Review: The Americanization of Emily (1964)

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Brian Wright

Brilliant antiwar satire ahead of its time ___ 9/10
Review by Brian Wright

Lt. Cmdr. Charles Madison: I don’t want to know what’s good, or bad, or true. I let God worry about the truth. I just want to know the momentary fact about things. Life isn’t good, or bad, or true. It’s merely factual, it’s sensual, it’s alive. My idea of living sensual facts are you, a home, a country, a world, a universe. In that order. I want to know what I am, not what I should be. Continue reading →

Guest Column: Ron Paul’s Grand Shi Strategy

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Brian Wright

Profound long-term forces at play in campaign
by Mark Spitznagel

Shi Ron Paul This great and insightful column by Mr. Spitznbagel in Forbes was referred to me by Ron Burcham, something Ayn Rand would refer to as ‘thinking and acting long-range.’ I’ve indicated such a foundation for the eventual success—certainly within the next decade—of the Freedom Philosophy so well articulated by Dr. Paul in this campaign. Problem is—if another fine columnist, Paul Craig Roberts, is correct— on the weiqi game board of life, America and the world may not have the time to recover if Ron Paul or another liberty candidate does not win the presidency this year. Continue reading →

Brian’s Column: The Truth Torpedo

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Brian Wright

Blowing away the Barrier Cloud
by Brian Wright

How many of my baby boomer generation remember sitting around the college dorms (on Friday night, no less) watching Star Trek? Whenever the Enterprise found itself in a major battle and the phaser banks neared depletion, Captain Kirk would tell Chekov to fire the heavy artillery, the ultimate weapon: the Photon Torpedo. Then, FWAP! The heavens instantly flashed white, and Bah Bah to the Klingons or Romulans or whatever fleet of Galactic Pond Scum felt it could mess with our high-flying Federation-istas. Continue reading →

Book Review: Rancho Costa Nada (2003)

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Brian Wright

The dirt-cheap desert homestead
by Phil Garlington
Review by Brian Wright

This book and its author are another acquaintance I’ve made attributable to becoming the editor and publisher of one ‘Bo Keeley,’ or at least Bo’s book on alternative remedies, then two more coming soon… having to do with world-class hoboing and higher-skilled racquetball, respectively. Bo and Phil are definitely ‘six-sigma’ sorts of fellows, meaning the area on the Bell Curve their personalities occupy is not much bigger than the hopscotch course on a gnat playground. [Of course, I’m considerably off center from the normal distribution, too, which is what at least puts me in the orbit of understanding such exceptional perspectives.] Continue reading →

Movie Review: City Island (2009)

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Brian Wright

Bronx neighborhood eccentric charmer ___ 8/10
Review by Brian Wright

Molly: The problem is I’ve told this secret about a million times. I’ve auditioned with it in fact. It’s your turn Vincent, I’m stuck.
Vincent: I don’t know is it possible that I don’t have one [a secret]?
Molly: No, that would make you far too normal to want to be an actor. Continue reading →

Guest Column: Politics as Sport

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Brian Wright

What if we handled political action like sports?
by Will White

Would politics be more popular if it were treated as a sport? The answer is probably yes, considering media coverage and public demand. Michigan’s Speaker of the House, Jase Bolger admits to “being drawn in to political gamesmanship” after he was caught trying to game the electoral system. Sports and politics compete for headlines, but sports has its own section of the paper, TV sports anchors, and even its own networks.