The Sound of Silence
Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine. — Simon & Garfunkel I don’t know what made me think of “The...
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Pictures from the Regulator Reading
I’m taking a break this week from my regular postings. My friend Karen Thornburg has sent me some wonderful photos from my February 10 reading at the Regulator Bookshop, on Ninth Street in Durham, NC,...
View ArticlePeanuts Comic – A “Peanuts” Mystery
The week before last I blogged on “Peanuts.” Not the most august subject, I know. But there’s something about that comic strip that haunts me, that continues to mystify me. So I’m returning to it...
View ArticleJury Duty
I had to listen to the recorded announcement on the telephone three or four times last night, before I could believe I’d heard it right. “All jurors summoned for Tuesday, February 7 at 8:30 a.m.—you...
View ArticleThe Philadelphia Experiment –“Amigo, I Do Not Underestimate You”
Will a biography of Carl Allen, a.k.a. Carlos Allende, ever be written? I doubt it. In the events of his life there’s not much of interest. Mystery shrouds his one great achievement—the creation of...
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Ray Bradbury – Prophet of the 21st Century
“I am not a prophet, nor am I a prophet’s son …” —Amos 7:14 None of us is. Doesn’t stop us from trying. For those who write science-fiction, it’s practically a professional obligation. “Terrifyingly...
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A UFOlogy for the 21st Century
Here’s a proposition—a UFOlogical proposition. UFOs are a human phenomenon. A UFO sighting, therefore, is not bounded by the sky in which it’s appeared, or seems to have appeared. The...
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The Shaver Mystery – Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer, and the Quest for Lemuria...
(This is the conclusion of my two latest posts, a review of the books The Man From Mars: Ray Palmer’s Amazing Pulp Journey by Fred Nadis, and War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer, and the...
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The Kabbalah Centre, 2003 – Zohar to the Palestinians
Read this post, if you want, as a belated tribute to the World Day of Prayer, observed last Thursday on the day better known as Patriot Day or simply 9/11. Or as a memorial to the late Philip Berg,...
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Credulity and the Astronomer – The Strange Case of Cedric Allingham
“It certainly has taken me by surprise,” said Mr. Gascoigne. … “Probably you think me blamable.” “Not blamable exactly. I respect a man for trusting another.” –George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, chapter 64...
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