Webmaster and main author of acepilots.com
Webmaster and main author of acepilots.com
This site is a home for my random, personal interests. My main website, acepilots.com, became cluttered with various content that had nothing to do with aviation and World War Two. Following the debacle of the great Google Panda update of April 11, 2011, I followed their advice and moved a lot of content off that site.
Born 1954. Grew up in Bolton, Ct. Graduated from Yale University and the Wharton School (MBA). Worked for Ernst & Whinney, American Express, Citigroup. Married and father of two children. Interests include history, news, politics, maps, evolution, soccer, ancient Greek, birding, hiking, Linux, internet technology, aviation, World War Two.
* As for the "expert and enthusiast" header, that's an inside joke. When Google launched its purge, or "upgraded its search algorithm," in April, 2011," it encouraged webmasters to ask ourselves, "Is this article written by an expert or enthusiast who knows the topic well?" One wag promptly suggested that we all run around the 'net declaring ourselves to be just that. :) Done!
The Great Depression of the 1930s caused great unemployment and hardship. The leading government program to provide employment was the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In addition to bridges, parks, roads, the WPA sponsored artistic works: theatrical productions, writing programs, and posters. These pages highlight a sample of the WPA posters, illustrating their wide range of subjects: WW2 propaganda, literacy programs, disease control, art classes, the federal writers project, national parks, etc.
Some discussion threads from acepilots' now-defunct forum (spammers!). There is a lot here - on aircraft, on pilots, from history and in the future. For the most part, I have deleted the personal comments and "noise" that inevitably crops up on any internet board. But in one case, one poster exposes another as a poseur. I left that one in. But if you are interested in great aces, great airplanes, the future of airpower, or odd Russian aircraft of the 1930's, you will find something of interest.
The Century Series: F-108, F-109, F-110, F-111
German Fighters: Bf 109 versus Fw 190
Reviews of Rashomon, The Bad Sleep Well, Ikiru, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, etc..
Greatest Films of All Time, a personal checklist
Actors who worked with Kurosawa
Review of Kurosawa's 1985 epic, Ran - based on King Lear
Structure of the Kurosawa movie, Throne of Blood.
A commentary and review of the post-WW2 Japanese movie Rashomon.
Including a transcribed inventory of the estate of Nathaniel Sherman, ca. 1795.
Copyright 2011, by Stephen E. Sherman. All rights reserved.