Feature image: Chicago skyline, September 2013. Author’s photograph (detail).
Marilyn Monroe at 100: Brief Career, Long-Lasting Legacy.
FEATURE image: Marilyn Monroe by Jock Carroll, June, 1952. In 1952, Canadian journalist‑photographer Jock Carroll spent two weeks documenting 26‑year‑old Marilyn Monroe in Niagara Falls as she filmed Niagara. Assigned by Weekend Magazine, he captured candid moments that revealed the rising star behind the role. They connected quickly, leading to a series of informal sessions—most…
PACHAMAMA AT THE VATICAN: UNIVERSAL SACRED SYMBOL OR IDOLATRY?
Feature image: “De la Serie Pachamama” by Juan Vélez is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Pachamama, meaning “Mother Earth” in Quechua and Aymara, is the Andean goddess of fertility and nature—a living, nurturing force central to indigenous culture. For centuries she has embodied the unity of space, time, and land, and is honored through reciprocal agricultural rituals to…
News, Feature, Opinion: FEB. 16, 2026. Actor and filmmaker Robert Duvall died February 15, 2026, at 95, it was announced today.
Feature image: Dave Kunkel, Steve Lang, Robert Duvall. “Dave Kunkel, Steve Lang, Robert Duvall” by Wicklein Group is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. Robert Duvall died February 15, 2026, at his home in Middleburg, Virginia, at 95 it was announced February 16. In Tender Mercies, a 1983 American drama film set in Texas, Robert Duvall played washed-up country singer…
ECONOMY TOPICS: June 9, 2024 – INFLATION. At its worst, Jimmy Carter 7% unemployment (13.3% inflation) and Ronald Reagan 11% unemployment (4% inflation). In 2024, Joe Biden 4% unemployment (4% inflation).
Feature Image:”Money” by free pictures of money is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Reacting to a story in the Wall Street Journal dated June 9, 2024 entitled, “Americans Really, Really Hate Inflation—and That’s a Big Problem for the Fed” (see – https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/americans-inflation-target-fed-c1fc7857?mod=latest_headlines – retrieved June 9, 2024) the author cites various financial experts where some of them prefer…
Louis Gossett Jr., trailblazing actor and Oscar‑winning Sgt. Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman, dies at 87.
FEATURE image: Louis Gossett, Jr. (1936-2024). “File:Louis Gossett Jr LF.JPG” by Credit to lukeford.net (permission statement at en:User:Tabercil/Luke Ford permission) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5. “Lou Gossett Jr” by Alan Light is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Louis Gossett Jr. at the 60th Academy Awards in 1987 — a moment that captured the authority and ease of a man who…
Marianne Williamson is running for President in 2024 and her record as a charity organization founder is formidable. Her PROJECT ANGEL FOOD, founded in 1989, has served more than 16,000,000 free meals to the sick and infirm in a mission of love.
FEATURE Image: Marianne Williamson founded Project Angel Food in Hollywood, California, that prepares and delivers healthy meals to feed people impacted by serious illness, bringing comfort and hope every day. PHOTO: “Marianne Williamson” by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Marianne Williamson (b. 1952), a Democrat, is running for U.S. president in 2024. She has an…
SUPERDELEGATES in the 2016 Democratic Presidential Primaries: does the party establishment win the battle and lose the war?
FEATURE image: “Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton – Caricatures” by DonkeyHotey is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. By John Walsh – 4:00 pm Chicago time, April 27, 2016. Despite the corporate media’s unabashed favoritism for Hillary Clinton when reporting the news – it is reminiscent of the Cold War days when Americans were told about the partisan propaganda at Pravda (a frightening…
