The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library hosted an exhibit by NASA—the National Aeronautics & Space Administration. The highlight of the exhibit was a moon rock collected by Apollo 17—the final Apollo mission to the moon. In addition to the moon rock, NASA also exhibited renderings of the next generation spacecraft.
William Bertram MacFarland describes himself as “a patriot, a soldier, a spy, and an assassin.” The description does not do him full justice. He is an amalgam of James Bond, Jason Bourne and Jack Ryan. We discuss his years of service as a Presidential Assistant during the John F. Kennedy Administration from his book Back Channel.
Top morning show hosts Rico & Mambo from Q104.7 talk about their careers in radio. This is the first in-depth interview the duo has done in years.
As I struggle to negotiate with Gold Coast Broadcasting to return to radio, the phrase, “Keep Calm And Carry On” from World War II resonates with me. Funny how a forgotten phrase from 1940 universally applies today.
We hear about it frequently. A decorated soldier—a war veteran—sees the futility of war and speaks out against it.
Paul Chappell is one of those veterans. An Iraqi veteran, he now advocates for a peaceful revolution to sweep the planet.
Alisa Statman writes about the Sharon Tate murder along with her co-author Brie Tate, Sharon Tate’s niece. You may remember the incident. It was a big story in 1969. A beautiful, young actress—married to director Roman Polanski—was about to give birth to the couple’s first child, when she, and four other people were murdered in their home by followers of Charles Manson.