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Continue reading →: JFK 60
This essay also appears on Medium. Sixty years ago, this week, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Since that time, there has been a never-ending debate over who was responsible for JFK’s death: Lee Harvey Oswald? The CIA? The Mafia? Cuban Exiles? All of them? None of…
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Continue reading →: But Have You Read the Book?
I don’t read fiction. Okay, let me soften the shock. I used to read a lot of fiction throughout my pre-college and undergraduate years, and most of that was connected to literature courses. Those readings ran the gamut from William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allan Poe to…
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Continue reading →: Dental Power
Having had my share of dental procedures over this past summer, I can empathize … Pearls Before Swine, courtesy of Stephan Pastis
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Continue reading →: Gerrit Cole, Cy Young Winner
Congratulations to New York Yankees’ pitcher, Gerrit Cole on winning his first Cy Young Award—one of the few bright spots in an otherwise unremarkable year for the team. Cole was 15-4, and led the American League in ERA (2.63), innings pitched (209), fewest hits allowed per nine innings (6.8), and…
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Continue reading →: GoFundMe for Roderick Long
On Facebook, I posted a GoFundMe link for my dear friend Roderick Tracy Long on Facebook. Folks can visit that GFM link here. Sadly, someone attacked Roderick’s character on my thread and another. In response to that, I wrote the following: I posted this yesterday evening without commenting. In the…
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Continue reading →: JARS Holiday Shopping!
Now that the thrills and chills of Halloween are behind us, the holiday season is in full bloom (though I’ve been seeing holiday decorations in the stores since before Labor Day!). For those who have not gotten a copy of the 2023 issue of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies,…
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Continue reading →: Congrats to the Texas Rangers
Congratulations to the Texas Rangers on their first World Series win in their 63-year history. I know that the MLB postseason gets pretty drawn out nowadays, but this team was tied with the Houston Astros for the American League Central Division lead, with 90 wins, at the end of the…
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Continue reading →: Grateful Dead Bread
November 1-2 is traditionally celebrated as the “Day of the Dead“. This is not in commemoration of George Romero’s 1985 film of the same name (part of his “Night of the Living Dead” series). Rather, it’s a Mexican holiday—el Día de Muertos or el Día de los Muertos—a joyful celebration of life,…
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Continue reading →: Happy Halloween 2023!
Check out this post on Facebook and the “reel” videos here and here.
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Continue reading →: Orson Welles and “The War of the Worlds” 85
I have long had an enormous fascination with H. G. Wells‘s 1898 novel, The War of the Worlds and its many adaptations, from board games, video games, comic books, and musicals to six different television series and four films—including my absolute favorite, the classic George Pal-produced 1953 version starring Gene…
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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