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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

The tradition of con men and con women in American literature has deep roots. Last year, when reflecting on the edifying support for Trump, the notion of bad faith appeared germane. When looking at the Senate Republicans, and Dershowitz notwithstanding, this is highly relevant. Yet, the events of the lastContinue 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

It is nice to have a succinct synopsis of the very significant present moment in American politics. Whatever devastation for the US, the spill over for the rest of the world is yet another negative outcome of this empire’s reckless pursuits. These days I spend little time with the Guardian’sContinue 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