The late, great Jimmy Breslin once wrote a book entitled The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight, which chronicled the exploits of a dysfunctional organized crime family in New York.  The book was made into a movie, featuring a young Robert DeNiro (before he became the under-educated, overpaid, foul-mouthed cafone he is today).  Currently, the House […]

In the 1960’s there was a great film entitled Seven Days in May.  In the film, a General, played by Burt Lancaster, plans a coup against the President, only to be thwarted by an honest Marine Corps officer, played by Kirk Douglas.  The movie shows us just how fragile is our republic, and how easily unscrupulous […]