by Philip Farruggio | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog
You must see or revisit Norman Jewison’s 1975 film Rollerball, starring James Caan as superstar player Jonathan E. In it, we see a world no longer made up of countries, but of corporations that control every bit of life for the people. There are no longer wars, just a...
by Philip Farruggio | Aug 3, 2022 | Blog
No, this is not about baseball, though this writer as a youth participated in many squeeze plays. Sometimes they were actually ‘ Suicide Squeezes’, so apropos to this current political climate. No, this is about millions of us working stiffs who consider...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 21, 2022 | Blog
Kudos to the Aaron Neville 1967 song of the same name. Some of the lyrics were so apropos to how this writer feels: Tell it like it is I’m nothing to play with Go and find yourself a toy But I… Tell it like it is My time is too expensive and I’m not...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 9, 2022 | Blog
Sometimes we can actually recall events that occurred long ago… like even 52 years. This is one of them… as if it happened yesterday. The summer of ’70 was literally like no other for this writer, a young college student at the time. My real love,...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 6, 2022 | Blog, CounterCurrents
They say we are a nation respecting freedom and individual privacy. Well, take a look at this news blip taken from anyone of many news sites: “Public universities in Florida will be required to survey both faculty and students on their political beliefs and...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 4, 2022 | Blog
The vagabond who’s rapping at your door Is standing in the clothes that you once wore Strike another match, go start anew And it’s all over now, Baby Blue Those are lyrics from the great Bob Dylan song It’s All Over Now Baby Blue ( 1965). How...
