Ten years ago, Steven Spielberg’s equivocation of the so-called Cold War debuted in theaters. Read my review of Tom Hanks (Tom Hanks) in a movie that refuses to acknowledge reality: scottholleran.com/movies/movie-r…

RIP Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist of KISS. Taught himself how to play guitar (before Youtube) and couldn't read music. The only truly talented member of the band, his solos could be idiosyncratic and... and good. e.g.: "Calling Dr. Love" youtube.com/watch?v=k6Rl8T…

Excellent, thoughtful essay by Helen Andrews. This is journalism. This is what the world needs now.

This Francis Ford Coppola production debuted in movie theaters on this date in 1979. Read my review of “The Black Stallion”: scottholleran.substack.com/p/movies-the-b…

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We were so fortunate to have witnessed the greatest performance by Shohei Ohtani as both a pitcher and hitter: 10 strikeouts and 3 home runs. And he's just getting started.

Imam Siraj Wahhaj was a co-conspirator of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing jihadist attack who escaped justice. In 2023, his son and two daughters were convicted at trial for their role in planning Islamic terror attacks while living in an Islamic separatist compound in New

Leonor Gomes Yep. capitalismmagazine.com/2014/07/ayn-ra… Scott Holleran

I’m reading Simon & Schuster’s new memoir. I’ll publish a review on Autonomia prior to publication. Subscribe to read the review: scottholleran.substack.com/subscribe

Read my newest book review (of “DC Comics: Superman” for The Folio Society’s collectors edition of the DC / Warner Bros. Discovery character comic strip by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel): scottholleran.substack.com/p/book-review-…

Nothing like showing your opposition to tyranny by headlining one of the most well-known Hamas apologists in the world today. And they even put him on the poster. Unsurprisingly, Mehdi Hasan used his speech to spout his pro-Hamas propaganda of a "genocide" by Israel in Gaza.

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#DianeKeaton’s on my mind. Listen to my thoughts about the actress—and my brief encounter—via Spotify and Apple Podcasts: scottholleran.substack.com/p/obituary-dia…

This month, a studio executive who read my short story inquired about adapting my fiction as a series for streaming. Next month, I’ll read this story aloud on my Apple Podcasts/Spotify podcast. Subscribe to preview, read and listen to me read my story aloud:

This post is spot on. The French Revolution concretizes the leftist ideal in action; the American Revolution realizes the ideals of reason instead. Everyone ought to learn and know the difference.

“October is a symphony of permanence and change.” ― Bonaro W. Overstreet, Signature: New and Selected Poems

“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks

“In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.” ― John Burroughs