by John Mancini | Nov 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
This past week a local school on Long Island honored the memory of cartoon illustrator Al Plastino. He was one of many Italian Americans who crafted the comic books that every boy in the country grew up with — Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and the...
by John Mancini | Oct 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
The other day, the cable station TCM aired The Joe Louis Story a biopic from 1953. Like The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) both the subjects of the bios were still alive at the time. In fact, Robinson played himself in the 1950 movie. The two films were tributes to...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Oct 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Not much positivity to report on the movie scene. What else is old? To wit: The Conclave opens in late October, a drama about the intrigues which swirl around the death of a pope. I won’t reveal the “surprise” ending but suffice it to say...
by John Mancini | Oct 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Luigi Cornaro 1464 – 1566 With cold, flu, and covid season upon us I thought it relevant to introduce our subscribers to Luigi Cornaro possibly the first professional dietician. Cornaro was born in 1464 in Venice and lived to be 102 years old, a feat he...
by Rosario Iaconis | Oct 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
On Columbus Day, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump should honor America and uphold the ideals of Western civilization by celebrating the epochal voyage of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea. Ours is a proud multicultural society. But scuttling a storied national holiday and...
by John Mancini | Oct 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Our troubles are over! Christopher Columbus is on his way back from being Satan Incarnate to God’s Gift—the man who unified the globe. Some Spanish researchers have analyzed the bones of the Great Navigator, interred in Seville for the past 518 years, and found...
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