Since we’re coming up on the 250th anniversary of the founding of the USA, I feel obliged to feature this old standard, “America: Why I Love Her” from John Wayne.

For Peter Cushing, I actually have more ‘Merica friendly options than you would think likely from possibly the most English actor ever, including his cameo as the Captain of the Serapis in John Paul Jones, and his government-defying smuggler chief in Night Creatures. But given the origins of my recent released novel, Pride & Planetoids, I also feel obliged to bring you an old standard, namely the Destruction of Alderaan.