[Spok]

At the end of this essay, I was shocked to see that it was written by Michael Moriarty, the actor. He must know that he is now also on the Hollywood blacklist, if he wasn't already.

[krb]

He has written essays on the constitution before. He's already outed himself as a conservative.

[A Simple Soldier]

He was also in the movie "The Hanoi Hilton" from 1987 as a Naval Aviator shot down early in the war. There is some cinematic overstretch which was necessary to tell the story. It does not portray the Communists (North Vietnamese and Cubans) in the best of lights to say the least.

[Phsstpok]

He must know that he is now also on the Hollywood blacklist, if he wasn't already.

He has been blacklisted for a long time.

He's not a conservative, per se. Nor is he a liberal.

He's an honest man. There are lots of Hollywood types who can't stand that.

He speaks truth to the powerful. It clearly offends liberals. Sometimes it offends so called conservatives. Sometimes (horrors) he's even wrong. But he always speaks the truth as clearly as he sees it, damn the consequences.

I have always found him a craftsman as an actor and always worth watching, even if I didn't like the particular film or TV show he was in. His work was always worth studying. I have often disagreed with his point of view on a subject, but I have always found his point of view worthy of consideration and honestly held and expressed.

He's one of the good guys.

P.S. ironically, I'm the designated SPOC for my company for many techie items. Single Point Of Contact.

Live long and prosper. I Grok Spok.

[Tribune7]

I think he's been on a blacklist since he criticized Janet Reno.