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    NYC Mayoral Race (III): It’s a De Blasio Halloween

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    October 28, 2021

    Unlike my last two posts on the Mayoral Race here and here, this one is just a note to Star Trek fans everywhere! NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that he’s donning a Star Trek uniform for Halloween as an homage to Captain James T. Kirk (played by William…

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    Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “Frankenstein” (VIII)

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    October 23, 2021

    No horror movie series would be complete without at least one film clip from the grand Universal Monster Tradition! The seventh installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments”, is from the 1931 James Whale-directed classic, “Frankenstein,” with Boris Karloff as the Monster. This…

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    Still Hilarious Geiko Halloween Commercial …

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    October 19, 2021

    Cracks me up every time!

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    Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “Night of the Living Dead” (VII)

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    October 17, 2021

    One more for today: The seventh installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments”, is from the low-budget George Romero 1968 black-and-white classic that gave new life to the zombie genre: “Night of the Living Dead.” From the opening scene, where Johnny tries to…

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    Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “Poltergeist” (VI)

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    October 17, 2021

    The sixth installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments”, comes from the original 1982 supernatural horror film, “Poltergeist.” The film has its share of very spine-tingling, shocking moments. But let me make one thing perfectly clear. I. Do. Not. Like. Clowns. Everything from…

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  • Culture, Elections, Politics (Theory, History, Now)

    NYC Mayoral Race (II): You Call This “Heating Up”?

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    October 16, 2021

    The headline in the New York Daily News this week was: “Mayor Race is Heating Up”! Considering that I just recently expressed astonishment over the civility of the campaign thus far, I have been waiting for the heated attacks to begin! Tim Balk writes: “Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa are…

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    Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “House on Haunted Hill” (V)

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    October 16, 2021

    The fifth installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments”, is from the original 1959 Vincent Price classic: “House on Haunted Hill.” The man whose devilish laugh has echoed through the ages, on film and on theatrical pop hits—and even live with Joan Rivers…

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    Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “Black Sunday” (IV)

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    October 10, 2021

    It’s Sunday, and it’s a Black One! The fourth installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments”, is from the 1960 Mario Bava masterpiece of Italian gothic horror: “Black Sunday” (aka “La Maschera del demonio”). This film is unsettling from the very first scene,…

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  • Culture, Elections, FYI, Pedagogy, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Rand Studies, Remembrance

    Honoring John Hospers

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    October 9, 2021

    This Sunday, October 10, 2021, Jameson Books is publishing a wonderful collection in honor of philosopher John Hospers entitled Libertarianism: John Hospers, The Libertarian Party’s 50th Anniversary, and Beyond, edited by C. Ronald Kimberling and Stan Oliver. As Tom Palmer writes in his Foreword to the book: John Hospers was…

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    Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “The Shining” (III)

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    October 8, 2021

    The third installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments”, is from the Stanley Kubrick-directed 1980 film, “The Shining,” an adaptation of the Stephen King novel that the author reportedly despised, even though he acknowledged that it was a valuable contribution to the horror…

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