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Continue reading →: Elizabeth Sciabarra (“Ski”): A Celebration of Life (Video)
This presentation was edited, in chronological order, from a collection of videos taken by Frank R. Harrison on May 6, 2023 in the auditorium of Brooklyn Technical High School for “A Celebration of Life“, a tribute to my sister, Elizabeth Ann Sciabarra (aka “Ski”). I’ve also added the full slate…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2043
Song of the Day: What’s Love Got to Do With It, words and music by Graham Lyle and Terry Britton, was the biggest selling single ever released by Tina Turner, who took it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. The song was also the title of a…
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Continue reading →: DWR (12): The NYC “Warzone”
As we move closer to the 2024 election, it is only natural that we are entering the Period of Hyperbole. That’s a polite way of saying the Period of Hypocrisy, Twisted Logic, and Outright Lies. The Right-Wing Attack on New York I’m one of those born and bred New Yorkers…
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Continue reading →: DWR (11): Trans Hysteria
Recently, I had a public Facebook dialogue with my friend, Ryan Neugebauer, on the growing hysteria surrounding Trans issues, especially among people in Randian and right-libertarian circles who dismiss any discussion of “gender identity” as yet another example of left-wing “woke” politics. It is so prolific in Facebook discussions that…
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Continue reading →: For the Love of Mothers
I want to wish all the mothers out there a very Happy Mother’s Day. In honor of the day, here’s a pic of my mom and my sister—who, though she had no children of her own, was a mother to thousands. I miss them both so very much. But my…
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Continue reading →: Elizabeth Sciabarra: A Tribute
“What you leave behind is not engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” – PericlesOn Saturday, May 6, 2023, Brooklyn Technical High School and the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation hosted a wonderful tribute to my sister, Elizabeth Sciabarra (aka “Ski”). It was attended by…
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Continue reading →: Jack Wilkins, RIP
Jack Wilkins, virtuoso jazz musician, died on May 5, 2023, after a long illness. As Wikipedia tells us, Jack was a native of New York City, who started playing guitar when he was thirteen. He had a wide array of influences, including Charlie Christian, Tal Farlow, Django Reinhardt, and Johnny Smith, as…
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Continue reading →: Elizabeth Sciabarra, Warrior
So many wonderful tributes have been posted about my sister, Elizabeth Sciabarra (aka “Ski”), not only throughout her life and illness, but in the aftermath of her death on November 26, 2022. A lifelong educator, she had an immeasurable impact on countless numbers of people, be they students, colleagues, friends,…
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Continue reading →: The Challenges of Becoming: Looking Back — and Ahead
(This Notablog entry is a republication of today’s Medium article.) I am a political and social theorist committed to a “dialectical libertarianism,” an emancipatory research project that anchors human freedom and personal flourishing to a deeper exploration of the larger systemic and dynamic contexts that nourish them. I am the author of a trilogy…
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Continue reading →: JARS: The 2023 Grand Finale Arrives!
My hard copy of the nearly 400-page 2023 grand finale of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies has arrived. This project is finished! Woo hoo!
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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