Richard's Pretension

This week's reviews:   Pax Romana by Adrian Goldsworthy History never gets done being written. No matter how masterful a treatment...

Leaving a roller derby bout last Saturday, I espied what I took to be a full moon and couldn’t help but think of werewolves. A check of the...

The Jerzey Derby Brigade (JDB) dominated a bout Saturday night on its home track in Morristown despite a gamely skated second half by Diamo...

On top of the offerings of the traditional networks, the number of offerings of “original series” from cable/satellite channels has continu...

In the grocery market this morning I wheeled my cart past shelves of Halloween candy. The bakery section is stocked with pumpkin muffins an...

One weekend in 1968, probably while ignoring my school reading assignments, I read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe about the ...

I often give obscure low-budget movies a chance. To be sure, most are the garbage one expects, but amid the detritus is an occasional overl...