February 2023
62 articles published this month.
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Worth Watching
Andrea Riseborough Shines In Gritty Addiction Drama To Leslie
To Leslie Directed by Michael Morris Starring Andrea Riseborough, Owen Teague, and Allison Janney Released in theaters (US) Oct. 7, 2022 Available from several streaming services, including Amazon Prime The…
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Worth Considering
The COVID Response. What We Got Wrong — February 7, 2023
Part XI: The Biggest Mistake I have talked here about many mistakes made in the government’s response to COVID-19. But the biggest was the fundamental assumption that “locking down” cities, states, and…
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Fun and/or Interesting
The Argument Over Otters
From National Geographic: They are graceful, playful. They hug each other and give each other shoulder rides. At one time, they were almost extinct. Now they are coming back, and most people are happy about it…
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Fun and/or Interesting
How Motown Changed America
Berry Gordy’s Motown music was a breakthrough not only in the music industry but for society at large, as it was the first strain of African American music embraced by nearly the entire Baby Boom generation…
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Readers Write
Re my Feb. 3 essay on the Tyre Nichols Killing, GG writes
“One thing I suspect we might see in the investigation of the Memphis killing is that the cops were used as tax collectors. “That sounds crazy, but a Dept. of Justice report on Ferguson showed that a lot of…
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Postscript
Wow! This Dude Has Moves!
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Notes From My Journal
The Tyre Nichols Killing: Where Should the Conversation Start?
By now, most of America is familiar with the story of the five Memphis policemen that beat to death Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man who had been pulled over on Jan. 7 for “reckless driving.” When I saw the…
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News & Views
Bits and Pieces — February 3, 2023
Bits and Pieces A CEO’s Perspective Click here for an outlook on the US economy from Starwood Capital CEO Barry Sternlicht. Friend and colleague JS sent this in, saying, “Listen to this CEO as compared to what…
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Worth Watching
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Banshees of Inisherin Written and directed by Martin McDonagh Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan Released in theaters (US) Oct. 21, 2022 Available from several…
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A Word to the Wise
denouement
The denouement (day-NOO-mon) – from the French for the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and explained or resolved – literally means “untie the knot…
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Readers Write
Re my series on “The COVID Response
From JJ: “Mark, you may be partially right. More important, and probably more closely a cause of lower numbers in Africa: the widespread use of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. Both were shown to be highly…
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Postscript
Surprise Reunion
There are hundreds of YouTube videos on this theme, but this one is especially poignant/funny because of how old the granny is. Click here to watch.
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