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Continue reading →: Revisiting Kolko’s “Triumph of Conservatism”
In light of our recent discussions of the history of “capitalism”, check out Chris Wright’s succinct 2018 summary of Gabriel Kolko‘s trailblazing work on the Progressive Era. Kolko has been taken to task by many, but even those who disagree with aspects of his work, such as my pals, Rob…
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Continue reading →: Go Islanders! Wow!
The New York Islanders evened up their series with the Tampa Bay Lightning in overtime, 3-2, to push the semifinal to a Game 7—this Friday night! Wow!
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Continue reading →: Thinking Outside the Box (II): The World You Desired Can Be Won
After my last post, “Thinking Outside the Box: You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Chains,” I received quite a few public and private comments from people—left and right—wondering if I’d lost my mind (or my soul) because I do not use the word “capitalism” to describe my politics. It’s…
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Continue reading →: JARS July 2021 Now on JSTOR & Project Muse!
Subscribers to The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies can now access the new July 2021 issue of the journal on both Project Muse and JSTOR. Hard copies will be in your mailboxes soon enough! I previously disclosed the contents of the issue here. We remain the only double-blind peer-reviewed biannual…
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Continue reading →: Thinking Outside the Box: You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Chains
This was something I posted on Facebook, in a discussion in which folks were using words like “socialist” and “capitalist” to define their political points of view: I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that a lot of people I respect and admire identify themselves as…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1867
Song of the Day: Donna Summer Disconet Medley [YouTube link], mixed by Mike Carroll and Steven Von Blau, kicks off The Sixth Annual Summer Music Festival (Dance Medley Edition). The Northern Hemisphere greets the Summer Solstice at 11:32 pm ET, and what better way to embrace the warmth of Summer…
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Continue reading →: 2021 Summer Music Festival (Dance Medley Edition)
I’ve been doing a Summer Music Festival now for six years. In 2016, 2017, and 2018, it was an eclectic mix, but by 2019, I began more “thematic” installments, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Woodstock Festival. In the summer of 2020, it was a Jazz Edition. Folks who have…
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Continue reading →: Ten Iconic Hollywood Film Scenes (X)
The tenth installment of my series of ten iconic Hollywood film scenes among my all-time favorites is from the Francis Ford Coppola-directed 1972 film, “The Godfather”: The Baptism Scene. Filled with the tension of ‘payback’ justice and the symbolic depth of the inversion of “good” and “evil” through the interplay…
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Continue reading →: Ten Iconic Hollywood Film Scenes (IX)
The ninth in a series of ten iconic Hollywood film scenes ranking among my all-time favorites is from the 1997 James Cameron-directed blockbuster, “Titanic”, the 11-Academy Award winner that tied “Ben-Hur” (and “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”) for the most Oscars for any single film. The…
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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