We Need a Martin Luther King Day of Truth
As Martin Luther King’s birthday is celebrated with a national holiday, his death day disappears down the memory hole. Across the country – in response to the King Holiday...
A Spiritual Special Ops Team’s Christmas Gift
It was snowing hard in the days before Christmas in 1972 as I sat at my writing desk looking out the back window toward the woods that were filling...
Phil Ochs and the Crucifixion of President John F. Kennedy
Edward Curtin They say they can’t believe it, it’s a sacrilegious shame Now, who would want to hurt such a hero of the game? But you know I predicted...
“Democratic Institutions?” – 10 Lessons from history that will destroy your trust in the CIA
In the hysterical wake of the Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki, President Donald Trump was roundly criticised in the media for taking the side of a "hostile state" over his
WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy’s Speech Mourning Martin Luther King Jr.
On April 4th 1968 Martin Luther King was shot and killed in Memphis Tennessee. New York's Senator Robert F Kennedy was in Indianapolis, on the campaign trail for the...
JFK at 100: The War on Our Heroes Part 2
In the first half of this article, published on JFK's centenary, I discussed the general degradation of the intellectual and moral character of figurehead politicians,...
Haunted by the Ghosts of War
If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s...
JFK at 100: The War on Our Heroes Part 1
If the bullets hadn't flown, John Fitzgerald Kennedy might have been one hundred years old today. Granted, it's not likely, put definitely possible. If the parade route hadn't been...
