Brainwashing! Most people familiar with the subject think that Edward Hunter invented the term in the 1950s. Hunter was an American writer, a journalist, intelligence agent and at one time an authority on psychological warfare. Hunter is usually acknowledged as having invented the word “brain washing,” in a newspaper article in 1950. But, the original…
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The November Man – Book to Movie
BOOKS TO MOVIES Somewhere between the slow, boring Lecarre spy stories and the non-stop, shoot ‘em up Pendleton’s Executioner series, you’ll find floating around the rather unsung…The November Man books and single movie. In the book series Peter Devereaux was deemed the deadliest assassin in the CIA. The spy world dubbed him “The November Man,”…
Let Me Caution You About Lemmy Caution! Book to Movie
Let Me Caution You About Lemmy Caution – Book to Movie Would you just pick up James Bond and put him in a science fiction movie on another planet? In the 1960s, as a kid growing up in New York City we only had a few TV channels, but enough to show odd films once…
Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble, when you’re perfect in every way.
(What Matt Lauer Got Right! The Proper use of the word “Humility.”) Disgraced NBC anchor Matt said, “…The last two days have forced me to take a very hard look at my own troubling flaws. It’s been humbling. I am blessed to be surrounded by the people I love.”) Oh Lord it’s Hard to be…