Letters at 3AM: A Night in Barcelona

The collision between human truths and political truths results in no truth

"...Place: Barcelona, Spain. Time: 1937. Dramatis Personae:..."

June 18, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Ventura Mostly on Mark

"...Dear Editor, Re: Michael Ventura's “Letters at 3AM”: I have been meaning to write to..."

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Ventura's Oligarchy Sentiments Motivating but Filled With Resentment

"...Dear Editor, Michael Ventura’s Oligarchy segments are motivating, although filled with blame and resentment. His final piece..."

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Letters at 3AM: In the Margins of Oligarchy

Society is created by a mass of individual choices

"...If I am not my brother's keeper, what am I?..."

June 4, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Equality Is Better for Everyone

"...Dear Editor, Michael Ventura’s “Letters at 3AM” column has been performing a valuable service..."

May 27, 2010 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM: A Paradox of Oligarchy

'Am I my brother's keeper?' is the fundamental question of government

"...Think not? Examine two game-changing pieces of legislation: the federal government's Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 and..."

May 21, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

We Are Fortunate to Have Ventura's Wisdom

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Letters at 3AM: Of Tiers and Tears” [May 7]: Michael..."

May 12, 2010 Postmarks

Not Oligarcy, Just Sour Grapes

"...Dear Editor, Michael Ventura's “Letters at 3AM: Of Tiers and Tears” [May 7] appears..."

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Letters at 3AM: Of Tiers and Tears

The isolation of the Professional Tier is the single most destructive element in American society today

"...Oligarchy is an American fact. It cannot be accurately described with antique categories such as upper, middle, and..."

May 7, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Bye, Bye Austin

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy (Continued)” [April 23]:..."

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Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy (Continued)

The American Oligarchy has been growing for decades, and we've been its enablers

"...Part 1: What They've Done and Do..."

April 23, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy

'Oligarchy' is a big, bad word that defines the country we still call a republic

"...of American Political Science Review: "An oligarchy is an organization characterized by the fact that ... the highest degree..."

April 9, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: 'Roadie': 30 Years Later

The screenwriter of Roadie visits his younger, more serious self

"...Kaki Hunter's front tooth was a little broken at one corner and its sidekick bent backward funny –..."

March 26, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Brings Back Memories

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Letters at 3AM” [March 12]: I lived in Hollywood from..."

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Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett's Hill

Hollywood is an electric dragon

"...With the Wind leaned over and The Bandwagon's train station wasn't safe to walk upon. All such defunct sets..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3am: Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow

For many American families, one salary is not enough to keep everyone in the household fed

"...That headline is the title of a 1963 Stirling Silliphant..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Open Letter to Sharon Doubiago

The reason I can't read Sharon Doubiago's book is that I, like she, was shaped by incest and rape

"...weeks ago, I've owed you a letter and an explanation. My Father's Love: Portrait of the Poet as a..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Behold The Maslin

The Maslin is not a person but, rather, a function of virtually every book-review staff in the Western world

"...intone: "Some there are who live and die for literature. Others live to kill it." Pages are flung out..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Critical to the Success

Pakistani public opinion runs strongly against the United States, even though our president insists we're partners fighting a common enemy

"...At West Point last Dec. 1 the president said: "I..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: My Top 10 of All Top 10s

A list of the Top 10 cultural artifacts that have shaped my life

"...in "know thyself": List the Top 10 cultural artifacts that shaped you most. Be honest and unembarrassed. That's the..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Willing to Be Ventura's Replacement

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Dec. 21, 2009 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM: Conditions on the Ground

This is no war on terror; we're taking sides in a civil war

"..."These [30,000] additional American ... troops allow us to accelerate handing over responsibility to Afghan forces," said our president..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: The Numbers This Time

There exist co-enabling models of therapeutic and addictive wars

"...numbers. All the times since I was a kid that I've read about World War II and watched documentaries..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Auschwitz Up the Block

To retain our humanity, we remember the unthinkable

"...the ages of 5 and 13, my family lived at seven addresses and I attended eight New York City..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Johnny and Speedy

John Ertha was the first in my experience to embody the passion, courage, mind, and rascality that could be: a man

"...It's late 1971 or early '72, and Johnny's driving fast, the..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Georges Méliès' Tricks and Treats

Creating the possibility that anything could happen onscreen was the great contribution of Georges Méliès

"...it continues to converse – and, headless, he places that head on a table, where it goes on talking..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: The Missiles of October

Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis

"...pen, the spring in my step, and the spring that's like – but not exactly like – a creek...."

Oct. 9, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: The Script Needs a Rewrite

Cinema history as it's been commonly taught is just plain wrong

"...Alas for scholars – professionals as well as small-c catholic lay scholars (as I fancy myself to be). The..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

We share a collective amnesia about the 1950 U.S. law that permitted the concentration camp internment of known Communists and others "liable to become subversives"

"...As many as 15,000 persons are believed ticketed for immediate seizure."..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Ventura Did Cather's Writing Justice

"...Michael Ventura, Re: “Letters at 3AM: Coming, Aphrodite!” [Aug. 28]: Willa Cather is..."

Aug. 29, 2009 Postmarks

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