Seven Days in May News

There is a very amusing exchange at the end of the book. As General Scott, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is leaving the White House after the president forces his resignation, two of the president's advisers, including Senator Clark, tell General Scott that he better not try to run against the president in the upcoming election, or ...

The Criterion Collection, $49.95 You know this new box set will be steeped in nostalgia it's right there in the title, taken from a 1981 PBS series that rebroadcast these classic teleplays for the first time since their original Fifties broadcasts.

On Monday, let us begin a study of a screen icon: Kirk Douglas . The West Hartford Public Library, at 20 S. Main St., is beginning a Monday night series of free screenings of movies starring the strong-jawed leading man.

David Sirota has written a great essay called " Who are "the deciders"? " In it, he lays out both the basic Republican "Obama had better do what General McChrystal tells him to do" mantra and the basic How the Government Actually Works rules of the Constitution.

Our latest Netflix movie was SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, an excellent political suspense film.