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Uncle Nick, Godfather: RIP

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November 14, 2021

On Thursday, November 11, 2021, my Uncle Nick Michalopoulos died at the age of 91, after several years of battling serious health issues. He was my mother’s brother. My relationship with Uncle Nick was blessed quite literally from the very beginning. As my godfather, he held me in his arms…
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Culture, Periodicals, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Rand Studies

A New Translation of Zamyatin’s “We” …

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November 13, 2021

There is an interesting review of a new Bela Shayevich translation of We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, the Silver Age dystopian novel that is said to have influenced both George Orwell‘s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ayn Rand‘s Anthem. (For a fine discussion of the possible impact of We on Anthem, see especially…
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Culture, Personal, Politics (Theory, History, Now)

Coronavirus (35): The ABCs — Authority, Boosters, and Caregiving

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November 10, 2021

Since March 14, 2020, I have written 34 installments for my “Coronavirus” series. My last installment on August 21, 2021, “Coronavirus (34): ‘Virtue Signaling’ vs. Doing the Right Thing,” provoked over 200 reacts and nearly 100 comments, as people debated whether I was “virtue signaling” for having adopted a Facebook…
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Austrian Economics, Culture, Dialectics, Education, Pedagogy, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Rand Studies

DWR (1): Take What You Want and Move the F&*K On!

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November 7, 2021

This is a Facebook post from my friend Ryan Neugebauer (part of what I’m calling my DWR or “Dialogues with Ryan” series). I’m reposting it here because I’ve been thinking the same thing for a long time, given my experiences on social media. From Ryan: I’ve noticed that there are…
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Culture, Film / TV / Theater Review

Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “Halloween” (X)

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October 31, 2021

The tenth and final installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments”, is from, what else? … the original John Carpenter-directed and scored 1978 film, “Halloween,” starring “Scream Queen” Jamie Lee Curtis. A fitting way to wish all of you a Happy Halloween! The…
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Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “The City of the Dead” (aka “Horror Hotel”) (IX)

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October 30, 2021

It’s Halloween weekend and time for the ninth installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments.” It’s a scene from a little 1960 film that is a sentimental favorite; it gave me the creeps when I first saw it on my black and white…
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Culture, Politics (Theory, History, Now)

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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Culture, Film / TV / Theater Review

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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