The common narrative about the end of the Cold War is that the Soviet Union’s decline began to inevitably steepen on the day that Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency. His peanut-farming predecessor, the conventional wisdom goes, was too soft to strike fear into the heart of the Kremlin, as evidenced by the Soviets willingness to […]
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Tougher Than His Rep
September 7th, 2012 · 4 Comments
Tags:Cold War·Jimmy Carter·nuclear weapons·Ronald Reagan·Soviet Union
That’s What You Get for Not Hailing to the Chimp
February 26th, 2010 · Comments Off on That’s What You Get for Not Hailing to the Chimp
We have never attempted to conceal our fascination with movies starring non-human primates. That quirk of our character shines through yet again in this week’s Bad Movie Friday installment, featuring the 1951 Ronald Regan vehicle Bedtime for Bonzo. Suffice to say that the trailer above makes us weep for the scientific literacy of Eisenhower Era […]
Tags:animals·Bad Movie Friday·chimpanzees·movies·primates·Ronald Reagan·Tamba
Countdown to Paper
April 27th, 2009 · 10 Comments
As of yesterday, we’ve got one month to go ’til Microkhan’s labor o’ love, Now the Hell Will Start, hits shelves in paperback form. To celebrate this joyous occasion, we’ll be doing a sorta DVD-extras thing from now ’til May 26th. Every day, Microkhan will scoop up some NtHWS-related material off the cutting-room floor, and […]
Tags:Burma Road·Herman Perry·Ledo Road·Now the Hell Will Start·NtHWS Extras Month·Ronald Reagan