Cold-blooded murder has been around ever since Cain slaughtered his brother Abel in history’s first sibling rivalry. It just took Hollywood a few thousand years to come along and show us the seedy underside of humanity in an artistic way that allowed voyeurs to eat popcorn while they watched. With such strict restrictions on content […]
Category: History
Have you ever heard like the greatest story ever and wondered why Hollywood never made a movie about it EVEN THOUGH movie makers always find time to make films about things like chihuahuas and bachelor parties? So have we, and this episode is dedicated to true historical events that need to be made into movies. […]
Time for Classic Cinephiles with Melissa Tagg and yours truly. This week we’re chatting about Singin’ In The Rain which stars Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, and Jean Hagen. I casually kicked things off by declaring SITR the greatest movie musical ever made. “Oh yeah?” said Melissa and others. Time to figure this thing out. […]
Remembering D-Day & Dick Winters
Today, June 6th, is the anniversary of D-Day. On this date in 1944 Allied forces including Americans, Brits, and Canadians launched the largest amphibious assault in history as three million men stormed the beaches of Northern France to take back Nazi Germany’s stronghold in Europe. It is an event we should never forget. Like most […]
On April 25, 1976, Rick Monday of the Chicago Cubs made what some people call the greatest play in baseball history. Here’s what happened. “If you’re going to burn the flag, don’t do it around me. I’ve been to too many veterans’ hospitals and seen too many broken bodies of guys who tried to protect […]
Happy President’s Day America. If you’re not in America, I still hope you have a happy day. On this commemorative day in the U.S., I am revealing a new project from the side of my brain/life that most people don’t often see around these here internet parts–my history professor side. Introducing the USA History Vlog […]
“I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. We so often think of Martin Luther King Jr. as a leader and speaker that we […]
The Myth of Christmas
Did you know that the nativity scene is a lie? The wise men weren’t there. When they did show up there were probably more than 3 of them, Jesus wasn’t a newborn, and the king ordered one of the most horrific massacres in all of recorded history, a Christmas bloodbath that would make Stephen King cringe. The actual […]
One of the best books I’ve ever read is Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos. As I read that book I knew a couple of things. 1. He’s a crazy gifted writer and thinker. 2. He’s my kind of crazy and has been described as C. S. Lewis meets Monty Python. 3. I wanted to meet […]
Remnants of 9/11: Open Bible
Beautiful story from the History Channel. What are the chances that a Bible would survive that inferno?