We’ve Heard It All Before!
Same speeches. Same promises. Are you better off?...
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Month: September 2012
Yellow Alert and the Will To Fight
[second in a series] When a person makes the decision to carry concealed, they are making a statement to themselves: “I am willing and prepared to fight to protect myself and other innocents.” This decision is not a trivial one; it may lead to action that results in the taking of a human life. Under circumstances of immediate threat, or “fear for my life”, employing a handgun may be appropriate and justified. We like to think that we live in a civilized world and the vast majority of time we are not under direct threat of bodily harm from...
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Taking Chance
When one falls, another brings him home. Anyone who has ever attended a military funeral is well aware that ceremony and honor saturate the sorrowful occasion–and rightly so. But many have no knowledge of the tender ministrations shown those KIA, and sacred duty of accompanying the fallen to their home and final resting place. Taking Chance tells the amazing story of one such journey. One night USMC Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl (masterfully played by Kevin Bacon) saw the name of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps amongst those killed in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Having served in Desert Storm,...
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“Evelyn”
10 years ago December I happened to see a small, indie film, Evelyn, produced by Pierce Brosnan and Beau St. Clair’s Irish Dream Time. Evelyn tells the true tale of Desmond Doyle, an Irishman abandoned by his wife, out of work, and at war with Ireland over an archaic child custody law. The lyrical and poignant film captures the beauty and poverty of 1953 Ireland. The outstanding cast includes Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies, Stephen Rea, John Lynch and Alan Bates (as the whiskey-fueled, but brilliant, rugby player turned attorney). But little Sophie Vavasseur is the real heart and show...
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Lead On, General Eastwood
As an aspiring film director, I have long dreamed of the day when I will finally “make it” in Hollywood. I have already written my acceptance speech for my first Oscar award. Call me naïve if you wish, maybe a dreamer, or a silly child. I understand your point of view. Of course, I won’t be able to put your name into the credits. I want to tell stories through film. I want to tell interesting, compelling stories that touch people’s lives. I don’t want to limit myself by promoting any specific agenda or social world view. I...
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