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Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses: From the Plague of Athens to Covid 19

Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses: From the Plague of Athens to Covid 19

Pandemics can come in waves―like tidal waves. They change societies. They disrupt life. They end lives. As far back as 3000 B.C.E. (the Bronze Age), plagues have stricken mankind. COVID-19 is just the latest example, but history shows that life continues.

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Dec 18, 2025

Rob Reiner and Carroll O’Connor: Two Fathers, One Tragedy

Foes on “All in the Family,” both were undone in real life by the same merciless illness.

Rob Reiner and Carroll O’Connor: Two Fathers, One Tragedy

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Nov 30, 2025

Ice and Inheritance; Or, The Northern Journey of Frankenstein’s Mother

I’d often wondered why Mary Shelley chose the Arctic as the final resting place for Victor Frankenstein. Of all the possible landscapes for…

Ice and Inheritance; Or, The Northern Journey of Frankenstein’s Mother

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Oct 23, 2025

Heavy Metal Genealogy: From Bethlehem to the El — Ace Frehley’s Bronx Line

Years ago I directed a documentary on the New York accent, and I wanted to interview Ace Frehley. A Bronx guy, cranky and over 60, he was…

Heavy Metal Genealogy: From Bethlehem to the El — Ace Frehley’s Bronx Line

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Jul 20, 2025

Succession’s Blind Spot: Siobhan Roy’s Name Doesn’t Fit the Family

What an Irish name says — and doesn’t — about money, ethnicity, and power in the Roy dynasty.

Succession’s Blind Spot: Siobhan Roy’s Name Doesn’t Fit the Family

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Dec 30, 2024

Jimmy Carter and His Cousin, Berry Gordy

The late president was known for breaking down racial barriers in music — but had little if anything to do with Motown

Jimmy Carter and His Cousin, Berry Gordy

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Oct 30, 2023

This Six-Year-Old vs Wall $treet Week

In the days when a house only one TV, there was room for only one show at 4pm. And it wasn’t “Little House on the Prairie.”

This Six-Year-Old vs Wall $treet Week

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Sep 17, 2023

Over Thirty Years Later and I Still Love Mike Patton

I had crushes all the time. My first was John Travolta/Danny Zuko in Grease. I made my dad take me to see it twice. When Olivia…

Over Thirty Years Later and I Still Love Mike Patton

Heather Quinlan

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Apr 4, 2023

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

Disney’s First Stab at Horror Left Children Roaring with Laughter

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

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Mar 19, 2023

Heavy Metal Genealogy: Gary Holt Is Also Lord Rathmore

The metal mega-superstars of the post-Maiden era had their own personas. (I’m not writing personae.) Metallica was the big brother, Anthrax…

Heavy Metal Genealogy: Gary Holt Is Also Lord Rathmore

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Feb 6, 2023

Heavy Metal Genealogy: Zakk Wylde’s Family Story Is Wild (& also heartbreaking)

For this edition of Heavy Metal Genealogy I chose Zakk Wylde because he played guitar for Ozzy and is from New Jersey and what other…

Heavy Metal Genealogy: Zakk Wylde’s Family Story Is Wild (& also heartbreaking)

Heather Quinlan

Heather Quinlan

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I write about making movies, watching movies, heavy metal family trees, cemeteries, death, books, and whatever else I can fit on this fongool bio.

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