While down at the main branch of the Omaha Public Library last week, Claire and I came across a set of DVD recordings of the old Untouchables TV series. We checked out a set of four which presented half of the series' first year and we have really enjoyed them.No, they're not historically accurate. And no, they're not high art. But they are vivid, entertaining and richly nostalgic. In fact, just hearing those high-pitched transtions from Walter Winchell takes me back, if not to 1929 when Eliot Ness was chasing down Capone, at least to 1960, when the series first went into my south Denver living room.
But this post isn't about the Untouchables. It's about what watching a particular episode of the show here in the Christmas season reminded me of; namely, an excellent political column from Thomas Sowell written last summer.
So, before you consider checking out The Untouchables from your library (which I would recommend), check out "Santa Claus and Frank Nitti" from Thomas Sowell. You'll enjoy both.