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Conservative Christian Branded ‘The Obsolete Man’ in Classic 1961 Episode of ‘The Twilight Zone’

July 4th, 2009 · 11 Comments

Burgess Meredith, the late actor who played “The Penguin” in the original “Batman” television series, plays the role of a conservative Christian branded as “The Obsolete Man” in a same-name episode of The Twilight Zone television series I watched on the SciFi Channel this afternoon.  While watching the classic episode, which aired for the first [...]

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Semtex Theft in France Goes Unreported in U.S.

July 22nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

Today, I recognized an instance of life imitating art in my corner of the world and thought it worth sharing with a world engaged in a Global War on Terror.
I was one-third of the way through ACT OF TREASON, the latest terror-action novel by Vince Flynn, when I came across a BBC News article about [...]

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