Nov 1, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (November 1, 2015) Chris Christie might have thought it was ludicrous for the CNBC debate moderators to ask about the booming yet ethically murky “daily fantasy football” industry, but they had defensible reasons for doing so. Websites such as Draft Kings and FanDuel now generate tens of billions of dollars, by way of a product that bears striking similarities to online...
Oct 26, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, mic, Science and Technology
Published: Salon (October 26, 2015) As the new biopic “Steve Jobs” continues to receive rave reviews, it seems appropriate to stop and take a look at its predecessor — the “Citizen Kane” of made-for-TV movies, “Pirates of Silicon Valley.” I’m not simply comparing this film to “Citizen Kane” as a way of drawing attention to its quality. Much like Orson Welles’ 1941 magnum opus based loosely on...
Oct 21, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections - Presidential (2016), Immigration, mic, Race and Racism
Published: The Daily Dot (October 21, 2015) Donald Trump is a racist blowhard who shouldn’t step foot anywhere near theWhite House—but that doesn’t mean he also shouldn’t be allowed on TV. The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda recently denounced Republicanpresidential candidate Donald Trump’s forthcoming appearance on Saturday Night Live. Referring to his “bigoted comments” about undocumented...
Oct 19, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, mic, Science and Technology
Published: Salon (October 19, 2015) Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Wednesday is October 21, 2015 – the date visited by Marty McFly in the time-traveling DeLorean 26 years ago in “Back to the Future: Part II” – and we do not have hoverboards. I repeat, hoverboards do not exist — these toys don’t count. In fact, not much of the technology that appears most ubiquitously in the 1989...
Oct 4, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, mic, Scandals, Terrorism
Published: The Daily Dot (October 4, 2015) To promote the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision reskinned the franchise’s Twitter account into a fake news agency called “Current Events Aggregate.” Its plan was to tease the plot of the new game through these fictitious news stories. Unfortunately, the company neglected to clearly indicate that any of the tweets they posted - which...
Sep 14, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Scandals
Sep 8, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Liskula Cohen
Published: The Good Men Project (September 8, 2015) Historically, eyeglasses have often been regarded as a fashion faux pas. My co-author for this article, Matthew Rozsa, recalls having to wear them his entire life – and can attest from firsthand experience that his thick-lenses and bulky frames played a major role in the “nerd” persona that he assumed through much of his early childhood (for...
Sep 5, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism
Published: The Good Men Project (September 5, 2015) It's official - "Jurassic World" is the highest grossing film of Summer 2015. And I couldn't be more confused. Make no mistake about it, I get the anticipation. The "Jurassic Park" movies were a staple of my childhood, so when I heard that a fourth installment was being made after more than a decade of waiting, I was excited. Then when I heard...
Aug 1, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, General Advice, mic
Published: Good Men Project (August 1, 2015) A tribute to wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, the star of one of Matthew Rozsa’s favorite movies, John Carpenter’s “They Live.” There is a YouTube video that pretty much any fan of ’80s action or science fiction movies ought to see. Edited together from clips of a TNT MonsterVision presentation of John Carpenter’s “They Live,” it contains footage of show...
Jul 4, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, General Advice, mic
Published: Good Men Project (July 4, 2015) Matthew Rozsa has one thing to say about superhero movies: Enough! To celebrate this 4th of July, let’s talk about one of the most American art forms out there: the superhero movie. “There’s only so many uniquely American art forms—Broadway musicals, abstract expressionism, jazz,” explained Michael Kantor in an interview for fastcocreate.com about a PBS...