by Hope McCorkle | Apr 24, 2025 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com
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
by Hope McCorkle | Jun 22, 2022 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com
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
by Hope McCorkle | Mar 21, 2022 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com, Reviews
“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
by Hope McCorkle | Dec 17, 2021 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com, Reviews
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
by Hope McCorkle | Sep 12, 2021 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com, Reviews
I want an action figure of Robby the Robot… but with a metallic face under his translucent dome, as opposed to the tubes, wires, spheres and flashing lights seen in the 1956 sci-fi film “Forbidden Planet.” The reason for this is simple: Without that cold, cruel visage staring back at me, I wouldn’t know for sure that I was holding a plastic statuette of Uncle Simon II.... Read Original Article
