(This is the conclusion of a two-part series. For the first part, click here.) To say that the Sabbatai Zevi messianic movement of the 17th century was a personality cult would be an understatement. It was surely a great deal more than that--just what, historians are still debating--but … [Read more...]
Coronavirus and the UFO – An Interview with Martin Brossman
(My friend Martin Brossman and I have just recorded, via Zoom, a video interview on "Coronavirus and the UFO"--two subjects we don't often think to connect. As soon as the video goes live, I'll post the link to it here. In the meantime, here's the gist of what we said to one … [Read more...]
This Year 2019 – UFOs, Donald Trump, Greta Thunberg
"Fast away the old year passes ..." "Looking forward to the new year?" the receptionist asked me. We were in one of the doctor's offices where I've spent more of my time this past year than I would have liked. "Sure am!" I replied, in the same sprightly tone. But then the truth-teller … [Read more...]
“I Dreamed of Donald Trump” – The Kelly Bulkeley Dossier
I don't think I've ever dreamed about a US President, until that President was Donald Trump. But then, Donald Trump has been a President unlike any other, unconstrained by the inhibitions on speech and behavior that used to be taken for granted in someone seeking or occupying high office. You … [Read more...]
Donald Trump vs. ET? – UFOs, the New York Times, and the London Review of Books
"'Unexplained' doesn't mean alien, as the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson emphasised on CNN after the footage was released: 'Just because you don't know what it is you're looking at doesn't mean it's intelligent aliens from another planet.' Well, yes, but credible alternative explanations are … [Read more...]
