Not everything is as it seems in this comic spy thriller about the CIA and the overthrow of Chilean president Salvador Allende in 1973.
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Distorted History in ‘Bel Canto’ from Lyric Opera of Chicago
Why does the opera call these educated and thoughtful Peruvian revolutionaries "terrorists"?
Read More »Trump Twitter Lie of the Day: Vlad and the President-Elect Against the World
The latest Twitter lie puts him at odds with the CIA.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Shadow Cartel, A Dominic Grey Novel’ by Layton Green
As the leads in the search for a killer tend to create misdirection and the rumors of death by mysterious assassins continue to grow, Grey must rely on every investigation from his past to help them find this elusive yet invisible killer before he can kill again. His mentor is out of commission, yet Grey keeps him informed of the strange and shadowy secrets they are tracking.
Read More »Interview: William R. Leibowitz, Author of ‘Miracle Man’
"An author has to view his writing as an art form in the same way as a painter, even if the author isn’t trying to create great literary fiction."
Read More »TV Review: ‘Intelligence’
The network television theme du jour seems to be “man-machines” or “machine-men” (AKA: The Six Million Dollar Man turns up in the 21st Century!) Fox’s new cop show Almost Human plays with this theme by creating an “almost human” android partnered with a tortured shell (lost humanity?) who has a …
Read More »Book Review: ‘Life of a Double Agent’ by Kenneth J. Kerr
The life of a double agent may seem full of danger and excitement but can it also be dull and boring at times.
Read More »Interview with James Stone, Author of ‘Crypto’
"Cryptographics is a field of mathematics devoted to rendering messages unreadable except by a party that has the key to reversing the encryption."
Read More »Interview with Alex Cox, Author of ‘The President and the Provocateur’
"Was the public ever convinced? I don't think so."
Read More »Book Review: ‘The President And The Provocateur’ by Alex Cox
Charting more than reasonable doubts when it comes to the official versions surround the assassinations of Kennedy and Oswald.
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