Welcome to a brief recap of the 2016 election based on many of the America Film Institute’s “100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time.” I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. The format for each quote includes AFI ranking, the quote, movie and year and the situation in … Read more
It should come as no surprise Donald Trump’s favorite movie is the 1941 Orson Wells classic Citizen Kane. In a 1998 review, critic Roger Ebert opens with the following. “I don’t think any word can explain a man’s life,” says one of the searchers through the warehouse of treasures left behind by Charles Foster Kane. … Read more
“HOLY COW!” One can only imagine how excited legendary Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray would have been after those perennial losers clinched the World Series title on the evening of November 2nd. After all, it had been ONE HUNDRED EIGHT years. Quite a streak. Yet there was a longer streak which was broken in … Read more
The late George Carlin once questioned whether the opening to the TV series The Adventures of Superman starring George Reeves was redundant or contradictory. Each week, the narrator would remind us: Yes, it’s Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, … Read more
The Wednesday morning quarterbacking is in full swing. Journalists and pundits are pontificating what each campaign did right or wrong and the challenges facing both major political parties. Being a political junkie, that was my first instinct. This morning I woke up with a different perspective. This shift in mindset comes not from the questions … Read more