Day: July 24, 2010

”Car 54 Where Are You?”

Jack Kinsella 90x115by Jack Kinsella

I am a child of the 1950’s and 1960’s.  I grew up with television — I don’t remember a time before television, but I recall being aware that TV was as new to the world as I was.  

I can recall when TV Guide magazine was just a few pages long and a whole night’s prime-time listings could fit on two sides of one page.  

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Could Mideast War Adversely Affect Americans?

Bill Salus 90x115by Bill Salus

Military experts are seldom asking anymore if Israel will pre-empt a strategic strike upon Iran’s nuclear site(s). Mostly, they now ponder the possibility that a strike is imminent and potentially disastrous for world economies still struggling from the global financial crisis. Such a strike runs the real risk of opening a Pandora’s Box in the Middle East and one of the casualties could be the flow of oil presently coursing steadily through the Strait of Hormuz.

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