BACK IN THE DAY By Marino Amoruso |
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Hello everyone, my name is Marino Amoruso and I am a film writer-director, an author, and now, a newspaper columnist. BACK IN THE DAY is my weekly column that appears in eleven papers on Long Island, as well as in papers in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut California, Florida and, believe it or not, Italy. Continue reading |
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PRESIDENTIAL NECK & OTHER STUFF
January 12th, 2012
First off, let me say that I hate the phrase “It is what it is.” People use it too much and I can’t stand clichés. Then again, sometimes things truly “are what they are,” so yes, there are situations where “it is what it is.”
In any event, today’s column is about things that “are what they are,” therefore “it is what it is.”
Or something like that.
Those… Continue reading
A GRAVE BASEBALL INJUSTICE
January 6th, 2012
Without question the single greatest injustice in the history of the National Baseball Hall of Fame is the fact that Gil Hodges is not enshrined.
It’s a travesty.
As a player and a man, he belongs.
Look, I could write pages and pages comparing Gil to players who are already in the Hall of Fame and illustrate beyond a shadow of a doubt why Gil deserves a place in Cooperstown.
That’s already been done… Continue reading
FOR MAMA AT CHRISTMAS
December 21st, 2011
Every year at Christmas time I think about my mom a lot. Actually, there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about her, but it’s during the holidays when I miss her most. She was a remarkable woman – kind, generous, loving, thoughtful, patient, unselfish, understanding – a truly wonderful human being. Everybody who knew her loved her. She passed away in March of 2002 at 72-years… Continue reading
TWO VERY IMPORTANT WORDS
September 8th, 2011
On Sunday, September 11th, 2011, all Americans will once again stand united in solemn observance of the single most tragic and horrific day in our nation’s history.
I’m sure all of you reading this will either see on television, or personally attend, a 9/11 memorial service remembering and mourning all our fellow citizens who… Continue reading