The first amendment applies to state as well as federal government. Police are an extension of the state and local government. Off Duty police officers providing a police function — as opposed to working as a carpenter after hours — are expected to adhere to standards and behaviors commensurate with their official…

The dolphins, named Yasha and Yana, could apparently create sentences of up to five “words.”

MCU’s themes are indeed notable for their blandness. While I love CA:Civil War, when I watched at home I realized the music cues for action scenes were so obvious and unremarkable it actually bothered me. I can recall the original FF and X-men movie themes instantly and I’m not a fan of those movies. Wonder Woman’s…

1) Derrickson gets some credit for not casting Morgan Freeman, Hollywood’s go to solution for diversity issues, as the Ancient One, but not much. I’m guessing Freeman was booked.

“Mr. Woodson, ESPN would like to thank you for your intelligent, calm response to the controversy surrounding Colin Kapernick’s national anthem protest. Unfortunately, ESPN is restructuring at this time and there is no longer a need for your particular function at the company.”

Despite the relative success of that reboot, the big lesson Fox seemed to draw from the film is that they can’t have a monster hit without Wolverine. Their stubborn resistance to evolving other characters (instead of dumping the bulk of them as they did in each leg of the second trilogy) is what is crippling this…

Mojo, Lila Cheney, the Morlocks, the Shiar, The Demon Bear — all those truly weird characters and villains would be welcome now. The film universe has overused and/or watered down the Hellfire Club, The Brotherhood and the Sentinels so much that I would prefer to go someplace unexpected and different. The cinematic…

5) Black Canary — especially set in another time period like WWII.

Akira Kurosawa was an admirer of John Ford, but while Ford influenced Kurosawa’s style, he was not trying to make a western as much as borrow some of the genre’s devices for his unique, groundbreaking film.

I guess I thought Pike’s contradictions gave the character potential.

I was left with the impression that Pike was grumpy, demanding and perhaps a bit of a chauvinist, but not unfair, and that this green yeoman would prove her mettle over time (if she had been picked up to series). For whatever reasons, I’ve always liked Pike’s messiness and edge — he has the air of a soldier that has…

Majel Barrett often comes in for criticism for being too controlling of Rodnenberry’s legacy, but it has to be said her Number One was impressive and groundbreaking, and its a shame the studio execs weren’t ready for that type of character. I’m glad we have Spock, but her Number One could have been just as iconic. In…

Bye, Phyllis-Schla’.

Open marriages, ideally, are about honesty and discretion, neither of which I see here. Weiner seems pathologically out of control of his impulses and self destructive. Abedin is enduring this indignity because: a) she is the type of person—either because of psychological makeup or upbringing or both— who will stick…

With all the young, attractive aliens there, I’m sure there are a lot of ST:Ds at the Academy.

You make a strong, thoughtful argument. “C.R.E.A.M.” is the Wu-Tang Clan song that I would most associate with Luke Cage (Hero for Hire), but ODB is ideal for this spot.

Tell that to Spiderman (“Queens.”) and Captain America (“Brooklyn.”).

You’re right. Typo. I was thinking A$AP Rocky, since A$AP Mob is the closest analog to Wu Tang. Friends don’t let friends post drunk.

Yes, in that nobody looks at Italian, Irish Jewish and German Americans and says that,because a gang culture driven by an illicit substance economy plagued a poverty stricken community with violence, an entire ethnic group should take the blame for it.

I’ll remember that as I watch the air force, national guard, marines or army doing a flyover at the start of a football or baseball game, or sit through an NBA, NFL, NHL, Nascar or MLB progranda PSA about how those leagues are fighting hunger, veteran homelessness, illiteracy, poverty etc.