Filmmaker Alex Lee Moyer is interviewed about her new doc “TFW No GF.” The film’s title references a phrase used online to describe the profound emotional depression experienced by men whose lives are void of any romantic relationship with women. Here is the Amazon Prime Video describtion, “a generation of disaffected youngContinue Reading
there is something gut wrenching about this piece in The Atlantic of civil servants being toyed with and then driven out or fired by Trump as heproceeds like a forest fire hollowing out agencies and installing yes-men…..The piece is a longish read so be forwarned. Look closely at the portraitsContinue Reading
Is the Bezos self publishing manatra really a free speech ideal or another example of capitalist overreach? (From the start, Bezos was determined that nothing should interfere with the company’s relentless quest for scale. He instilled in employees an almost dogmatic rejection of gatekeepers — those intrusive editors and criticsContinue Reading
Came across this article and the idea just jelled that Martial Law is exactly what Trump would use if the pharma sliver bullet for Covid-19 does not pan out and save his bacon. He shows signs of the jitters these days in front of the press and he has to beContinue Reading
“the ultimate inclusive word: both gender-neutral and non-binary, singular “they” refers to men, women and persons who are trans or gender-nonconforming” Dennis Baron Academic and author Dennis Baron has a new book, What’s Your Pronoun: Beyond He and She. You can find him on Youtube for an extensive interview in additionContinue Reading
American educator Sam Weinberg with some ideas on how history could be better taught. https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/09/why-learn-history-sam-wineburg-history-class-failing.htmlContinue Reading
After reading this interview/review of a book, Bernie and the Sandernistas by Jeffrey St. Clair on Bernie’s last defeat at the hands of Hillary I asked myself, is it possible that this is happening all over again in 2020 only now instead of Hillary it will either be Buttigieg, Biden,Continue Reading
The Democrat leadership race between poll leaders Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden presents a fundamental ideological split within the party that expressed itself in the last leadership contest between Sanders and Clinton. The schism then and now is centered on notions of socialism as expressed by the liberal youth vote versus theContinue Reading
“First, the probability of this pulse happening is high, at least 50 percent according to the analysis of sediment composition by those best placed to know what is going on, Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov. Moreover, if it happens, the detrimental effects are gigantic… the risk of an Arctic seabedContinue Reading