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Politics - Left of Right?by Marti Talbott (c) 2001Papa was a Democrat, Momma was a Republican and in all their years of marriageI don't think they realized they simply canceled each other out at the polls.Naturally, when I came...
Tales of the Warner BrothersThe four Warner Brothers, which included the womanizingJack, the conservative Harry, the quiet Albert and thevisionary Sam, had risen from obscurity with The Jazz Singer(1927) the first famous and financiall...
Ten Percent Of Jimmy Stewartby Stephen SchochetJimmy Stewart was seen one night in 1933 in New Yorkperforming on stage as a female impersonator by an MGMtalent scout. He was signed to a contract to come toCalifornia to work for the...
The Ironies Of MASHby Stephen SchochetThe TV show MASH ran for 11 years taking nearly everyopportunity to bash the US involvement with the Korean War,which was actually an allegory for Vietnam. Many episodesshowed a moral relativis...
The Warner Brothers Make Noise by Stephen SchochetHollywood was an attractive place for the early filmmakersto settle, full of good weather, orange and lemon trees. Forproducers who owed money on borrowed camera equipment if acreditor ...
Tales Of A Hollywood Tour Guideby Stephen SchochetAuthor/Narrator Stephen Schochet researched Hollywood andDisney stories and lore for 10 years while giving tours ofHollywood. He had the unique idea the stories could be toldany...
Bob Hope Storiesby Stephen SchochetOnce when he was a little boy in England, Leslie Hope (Helater renamed himself Bob after a race car driver heidolized)wanted to pick an apple off a tree. Symbolic of his career,he didn't want ...
Tales Of Hollywood And PoliticsBy Stephen SchochetYou have permission to publish this article electronicallyor in print, free of charge, as long as the bylines areincluded. A courtesy copy of your publication would beappreciated.
What If You Could Buy a Stairway to Heaven for only $1?It's going to be over 100 degrees Fahrenheit all week inIraq. Just like it was last week and the week before. Almost10 degrees cooler than last month, and not near as hot asthe typ...
Bush Dawdles As Christians DieBy Dr. David ChananieMoslem lackeys of the Sudanese government have killed orcaused the deaths of more than 70,000 Black Christians byUN estimates. As they did so, President Bush did nothingsubstan...
Talk about a controversial topic!The recent debates were something else.The interesting thing is this, if you're like me, you'd probablyalready decided who you were gonna vote for, long before electionday ever came.And then...
Help Stop World Poverty this ChristmasInternet marketers are very generous in giving theirtime to help with charitable causes. Marketers havewebsites and email lists which gives them a head startwhen deciding to help with good caus...
The Tsunami CalamitybyP.C. SimonWe are all blaming the Creator for the disastrous tsunami in SouthEast Asia without knowing whether He is involved in it or not andeven without knowing anything about Him.If He is omniscient,...
How To Create A News Angleby Michael LevineFacts tell, stories sell. People can see themselves instories.How do you tell a story that ensure's your message get'sheard?Keep current events in mind.Think of...
The election is over. The call, by some Democrat leaders, to get out of Iraq within a few months has already begun. The political jockeying for advantage in the next election is underway. The effort to corner President Bush was hinted at within days after...