In my last post I covered how the police started treating the neighborhood differently once we were “mixed.” What could have been a very bad incident didn’t bring police in until shots […]
Growing Up On Long Island: Racism 103 – It Gets Worse
Patti Aliventi
Once upon a time there was this website called Epinions. I wrote thousands of reviews there. I love books, movies, and television; mostly science fiction. I'm a gun-totin', meat-eatin' liberal with libertarian leanings who will voice my opinion.
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Contagion – Lessons from the Yamato’s Demise
Written by Steve Gerber, Beth Woods, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein, and Melinda M. SnodgrassDirected by Joseph L. Scanlan Based on this episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, it is obvious that […]
Movie Review: Raid on Rommel – The Truth Behind WWII Films
Written by Richard BluelDirected by Henry Hathaway One thing I’ve always missed in school is history into the twentieth century. All of our American History classes in high school always seemed to […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Dauphin – Wesley Crusher’s First Love
Written by Scott Rubenstein, Leonard Mlodinow, Melinda M. SnodgrassDirected by Rob Bowman dauphin n.1. The eldest son of the king of France from 1349 to 1830.2. Used as a title for such […]
Book Review – The Great War: Breakthroughs by Harry Turtledove – Alternate History in The Great War
In this novel, Harry Turtledove wraps up his alternate-history saga of the first World War. My one piece of advice here is to use the map at the front of the novel […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Measure of a Man – Exploring Life and Rights
Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Leonard Mlodinow, and Scott RubensteinDirected by Robert Scheerer This episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation is most definitely one of the best of the series. When […]
Growing Up On Long Island: Racism 102 – When the Police Treat You Different
As I mentioned before, I grew up in a town that went from being a town of mostly Jewish and Italian residents to multi-cultural. Those changes brought about pushback from the white […]
Movie Review: M*A*S*H – Why M*A*S*H Remains a Timeless Anti-War Classic
Written by Richard Hooker and Ring Lardner Jr.Directed by Robert Altman I have to wonder just how many people actually think of the movie first when they hear the word MASH spoken. […]
Growing Up On Long Island: Racism 101
I’ve often said Long Island was one of the most segregated places in the nation. For all the talk about the northeast being filled with “liberals” I didn’t see a lot of […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Matter of Honor – Riker’s Adventure on the Klingon Ship Pagh
Written by Burton Armus, Wanda M. Haight, Gregory Amos, Leonard Mlodinow, and Scott RubensteinDirected by Rob Bowman The Enterprise journeys to Starbase 179 where it will receive a Benzite Officer as part […]
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