DAVE THOMAS

Here are my favorites, ranked in order. Tombstone (1993). Val Kilmer’s performance as Doc Holiday, in particular, makes this western one...

It came just as he finished his third cup of coffee. My copilot, Noonan, also called R.I.O which stands for radio instrument operator,...

I spent an afternoon talking to Paul Schrade recently, who was one of RFK’s campaign workers and who was with him in the kitchen of the...

I was 14 years old on November 22, 1963. Like millions of Americans on that day, I felt that something really terrible happened. Yes, we...

When I was growing up, America was the greatest country in the world, the shining light of freedom and opportunity, the country that...

Okay, instead of protesting and getting all anxious about the fate of America under Trump, just accept that it’s over for America and...

Found this old file I wrote over a decade ago. If Bob Hope had lived a little longer and gone to Afghanistan in 2003, his monologue might...