While watching “Repossessed,” a little-known spoof of “The Exorcist,” I saw two antagonists meet a poetic and deserved fate and had an epiphany. To fight Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies and Christian nationalism, we must start with the Lehigh County flag.
Christian nationalism is on the rise in America, and it is trickling down to the Lehigh Valley.... Read Original Article
Something surprising and significant is happening among the Democratic Party’s rank-and-file progressives. After decades of drifting toward protectionism, President Donald Trump’s taste for tariffs is doing more than prompting mainstream Democrats (a group that tends to support free trade) to see the merits of low tariffs. Even many independent socialists — a group that has often been vocally skeptical of “free trade” policies — are similarly denouncing high tariffs.... Read Original Article
Today marks a sad occasion. Exactly 136 years ago, a veteran who was injured serving his country during the Civil War was humiliated by a president… a man who had hired a substitute.
The Civil War veteran was Alfred Denny. During his time of service, he was thrown forward on his horse and injured his side against the saddle.... Read Original Article
“10,000 BC” does not deserve its bad rap.
It is not the worse reviewed film in director Roland Emmerich’s oeuvre (that distinction belongs to “Moon 44”), but it is perhaps his most infamous. “Boring” is a word that I often hear from casual moviegoers who have watched this flick. Indeed, I hear that adjective so frequently that “10,000 BC” has quickly become something even sadder than a guilty pleasure.... Read Original Article
The “Pulse” trilogy is to the Internet what certain episodes of “The Twilight Zone” are to space travel and computers. (I am going to focus on the second movie, “Pulse 2: Afterlife,” but also discuss the other two films.)
That anachronistic take on tech is one of the main things which draws me to the “Pulse” movies, again and again.... Read Original Article