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Category Archives: History
Another Cinematic Jewel
I am a late baby-boomer who grew up around the screen, television and theater screen alike, but I am also a broadcast-film major who, in addition to a deep passion for broadcast and film works has a decent working knowledge … Continue reading
Posted in culture, History, World War II
Tagged Cinema, Classics, Das Boot, Jim Langcuster, Naval Warfare, U-Boats, World War II
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That Mongrelized Language
One of the more clever memes currently making its rounds within social media depicts two elite Romans discussing how a mongrelized language spoken on the periphery of the Empire would replace Latin and Greek as the de facto language of … Continue reading
Lessons of a Disembedded Earth
I have always found debate regarding this remarkable juncture in history – humanity’s first encounter with what could be described as a disembedded Earth – quite fascinating. Was this encounter planned? Of course it was. Governments as powerful and sophisticated … Continue reading
Where Dreams Are Made
Speaking as one fascinated with the broadcast and film industry, I’ve always found it interesting how differently fans view the entertainment business compared with the professionals who actually act out the roles. The perspectives, needless to say, are radically different. … Continue reading
Posted in culture, History, Significant Lives
Tagged acting, Broadcasting, Hollywood, Jim Langcuster, Professions, Star Trek, William Shatner
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An Autistic Society?
I think that I have mentioned before that I can’t get enough of former Soviet propagandist Dima Vorobiev, one who has written copiously about may obscure facts about the Soviet Union, everything from culture, ideology and, even more fascinating, the … Continue reading
Posted in History, The Passing Scene
Tagged competencies, Dima Vorobiev, economy, Jim Langcuster, Soviet Union
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Prefabricated Socialist Promises
I am not a socialist. In fact, I have read enough of the old Austrian School pro-market economists to be adamantly opposed to socialism. Yet Sociology was one of my undergrad majors and I have always been fascinated with understanding … Continue reading
Posted in culture, geopolitics, History, Jim Langcuster, The Passing Scene
Tagged Communism, Jim Langcuster, promises, socialism, soviet housing
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Growing and Adapting.
I recently watched for the umpteenth time the Star Trek Next Generation episode “The Masterpiece Society.” It is a brilliant piece of work. Indeed, as far as I am concerned, it is one of the best and most well-conceived and … Continue reading
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
I have run across this image hundreds of times over the last half century – we all have. But a Quoran recently pointed out something I never considered: Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 crew member who snapped this picture as … Continue reading
Posted in creative intelligence, History, Presidential Trivia, Science, The Passing Scene
Tagged Apollo 11, disruption, Jim Langcuster, Technology
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Rendering Our Exoskeleton More Habitable
Martin Heidegger argued that human beings are thrown into existence, and to be sure much of what defines our mortal lives is foisted upon us. Yet, we are not solitary creatures but rather beings encased in what I have characterized … Continue reading
Dispatches from the Cusp 
A Remarkable Fifty-Year-Old Time Capsule
“It’s a very Catholic film…” This statement, which was offered in this extensive and deeply thoughtful review, pretty much sums up “The Exorcist,” which was released in 1973. It was indeed very Catholic. Yet, that was not the impression that … Continue reading →