Tag: Vietnam War

• The Horror… The Horror…

  At the climax of Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” and Francis Coppola’s take on it “Apocalypse Now”, the character Kurtz (an ivory trader in the book, a renegade military officer in the movie) knows he’s about to die. Kurtz says “…in a whisper at some image, at some vision… a cry that was no more…

  A L Katz

  August 18, 2021

  American News Media, Branding, Coronavirus, Corruption, Culture, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Religion, Republicanism, Treason

  Apocalypse Now, bin Laden, Colonel Kurtz, Fall Of Saigon, Francis Coppola, Joseph Cobnrad, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Soviet Union, Vaxxed, Vietnam War

• Memories Of The Moon Landing

  Some of the most durable memories from my youth are attached to news events. One of my very first memories was the sadness in the house after JFK was assassinated. I remember watching his funeral cortege move through DC — and John-John’s salute — play on the black & white TV in our living room.…

  A L Katz

  July 20, 2019

  Live Bullshit Free, New Ways of Thinking, Political Commentary

  Buzz Aldrin, Diversity, JFK, Moon Landing, Neil Armstrong, Richard Nixon, Space Race, Vietnam War