Entries Tagged as 'The Book'

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Moonscape

Greetings from Washington, D.C. Flung far from my native California to talk about my new book Bad Moon Rising, I found myself on this alien planet, many of whose inhabitants consider it common knowledge that the Washington Times (available around town in cheery orange newsstands marked “Brighter. Bolder”) is published by, of all people, […]

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Washington Times dinner party disaster.


Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Welcome, Air America listeners.

Good to be back. As soon as I have the subtitles ready for this video, I’ll put it online.

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Bigot Purge @ Washington Times

As reported by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
It’ll be interesting to see what new editor John Solomon, who says he’s committed to a mainstream Times, does with the cranky hard-right paper. He’s already taken impressive action to ditch the use of scare quotes around the word “gay,” bringing Sun Myung Moon’s paper into the 1980s. […]

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Reverend Moon and the Imaginary Reagan

Moon’s trusted manservant Col. Bo Hi Pak, with the real Reagan.
From the Washington Post in 1984:
With Moon and his family standing before them in ceremonial Korean dress, selected church officials played different religious and political leaders, such as Christ, Mohammed, Buddha, President Reagan and Japanese Emperor Hirohito. Each one prostrated himself before Moon, bowing his […]

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

The book blog.

Now shipping from Amazon.com: My new book, Bad Moon Rising.
The subtitle: How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right and Built an American Kingdom.
My book is about the conservative love affair with Sun Myung Moon. Who’s Moon, you ask? What L. Ron Hubbard is to Hollywood, Moon is to Washington. Widely considered […]