"It certainly has taken me by surprise," said Mr. Gascoigne. ... "Probably you think me blamable." "Not blamable exactly. I respect a man for trusting another." --George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, chapter 64 Do you know the strange story of Cedric Allingham? And--do you care? If you think … [Read more...]
Blackhawk Comics, the Shaver Mystery, and the Vril-ya (Part 2)
(This is a continuation of last week's post on the 1956 "Blackhawk" comic book story, "The Master Race." It'll be my last post until after Labor Day. I'm taking the month of August as a break from blogging. I'll be back the week of September 1.) "Venn der Fuehrer says ve iss de Master … [Read more...]
The Tower of Babel – Moon Launch Platform?
No, it's not my idea. It was Jonathan Eibeschuetz, the "heretic rabbi" of 18th-century Prague, who came up with it. I discovered this a few months ago, while surfing the Hebrew-language Web. I came upon an article by one Noah Zevuluni, published in an Israeli newspaper in August 1962--right … [Read more...]
Conspiracy Theories and Jesse Walker – I Have Met the Conspirator and He Is Me
Review of Jesse Walker, The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory. HarperCollins, 2013. Conspiracy theories make me nervous. I've been the star attraction in too many of them. Not me personally, you understand. But as a Jew, I periodically emerge as an ex officio plotter against … [Read more...]
Trickster Tales – James Moseley, Sherlock Holmes, UFOlogy
I've been reading an unusual UFO book. It came out about six weeks ago, edited by Timothy Green Beckley, whom I've known from our teenage UFOlogist days in the mid-1960s. It's entitled The Astounding UFO Secrets Of James W. Moseley: A Special Tribute to the Editor of Saucer Smear and the Court … [Read more...]
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