People are talking widely about the Amy Cooper incident in New York City. If you haven’t read the stories or seen the video, she had her dog off-leash in a section of […]
A “Nice” Person Doesn’t Suddenly Become a Racist
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.
Book Review – The Great War: Walk in Hell by Harry Turtledove – A Stalemate of Conflict
If there’s one definite sentiment in this book, no matter who’s side you’re looking at it from, it’s that war is hell. This is the second novel in Harry Turtledove’s alternate history […]
Movie Review: The Wild Thornberrys Movie – Promoting Conservation While Captivating Both Kids and Adults
Written by Kate BoutillierDirected by Cathy Malkasian and Jeff McGrath My expectations of kids movies have gone downhill through the years. Back when my oldest daughter (now 12) was young, we couldn’t […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Loud As A Whisper – Exploring Communication and Disability
Written by Jacqueline Zambrano, Leonard Mlodinow, and Scott RubensteinDirected by Larry Shaw The Enterprise is called on to transport the great mediator, Riva, (portrayed by Howie Seago) from his home planet to […]
Book Review – North And South by John Jakes: Two Families, One Fate
If you’ve only seen the mini-series by the same name, you’re missing out on quite a lot. There is more of everything in John Jakes’ novel North And South: more characters, more […]
Hiking and Geocaching in the Randolph, NH Community Forest
A few weeks back when I had a day to myself I tackled the geocaches a little bit north of us in Randolph, NH. I’d had my eye on that particular tract […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Schizoid Man – A Study on Life and Identity
Written by Tracy Torme, Richard Manning, Hans Beimler, Leonard Mlodinow, and Scott RubensteinDirected by Les Landau The Enterprise receives a distress call from a place known only as Graves World. This is […]
Book Review – The Great War: American Front by Harry Turtledove – The Complexity of War
This novel is the sequel to How Few Remain. In these novels, Turtledove supposes that the Confederacy won the Civil War and follows the course of history in a North American continent […]
Book Review: 108 Stitches by Ron Darling – Insights & Anecdotes from a Mets Legend
No baseball so far this season thanks to the Corona Virus, so I’m trying to catch up on my baseball reading. One of the books I had on my list was 108 […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Outrageous Okona – Missed Opportunities
Written by Burton Armus, Les Menchen, Lance Dickson, David Landsberg, Leonard Mlodinow, and Scott RubensteinDirected by Robert Becker This is one DVD that could have Star-Studded Celebrity Cast splashed all across the […]
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