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Trump & the World
This is hardly a new topic. It has consumed US news commentators for about two months now and likely will continue to do so. I have, indeed, written about it a little bit. But today I find myself in the situation of needing to write (I dislike getting out of practice by going too long…
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Trump and Other Nations–What’s Next and Where Are We Going Now?
There is so much to say about the Trump Administration that I don’t know where to start. I guess I’ll begin with foreign policy or whatever we should call Trump’s actions to and words about other countries. Not that there’s not a lot to say about domestic issues, but let’s put that off–a little while.…
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How About Mystery Other Than Political???
There’s enough mystery floating around out there about political things–international relations, international trade, Elon Musk’s grasp on reality etc. I think I’ll take a brief vacation from that and write about something I usually find more absorbing–mystery novels. Now you will, maybe, remember that I’ve already remarked on two novels by Richard Osman, “The Thursday…
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Don’t Ask What’s Next–Please
Frankly I don’t want to know –yet. It will become clear to all Americans, to all the developed world soon enough. What I will do is to(briefly)comment on what’s going on in the Administration and on what the effects may be. Previously, I commented some on Trump and domestic affairs. I was going to to…
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The Way to the End
OK, you want to know. The end of what? Well, I’,m not sure. But the way of life, political life anyway, which affects many other aspects of living is already changed by the Trump Administration. There may be a pulling back from the recent harebrained extremes but I doubt if it will be full. Even…
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Brazil Takes on the World-At Least on Screen
Until some ads popped up on the website of our local art theatre, I had been only vaguely(if that)aware of “I’m Still Here.” But I thought it looked interesting from the ads and I pursued it a bit further and found it was not only an oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film but also…
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The Ghosts of Movies Past–Manhattan Melodrama
I first saw “Manhattan Melodrama” years ago, how many years I’m uncertain, but it’s been a long time. I remembered it as a good film. I was right about that, to the extent that I was right about the movie but it is more than just good. It strives for being a great film and…
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He’s leading us–but where?
My immediate response to the new administration was to be critical and I was in the one blog I’ve done on the subject so far. But I thought it might be a good idea to wait a bit longer before going forward with such blogs. After all people do change(but seldom), and I am always…
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Should We Pardon These Pardons?
I was disappointed when I heard on inauguration day that President Biden had issued a number of pardons just a few minutes before leaving office. This seemed to me to be bad timing and likely a bad idea.. When he pardoned Hunter I stated that I thought it was a mistake and that he shouldn’t…
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Ambiguity, Passion, Excellence and Secrets
“The Martyred” by Richard Kim, published by George Braziller, 1964 “The Amen Corner” by James Baldwin, 1954 I am not sure why I chose to begin reading Richard Kim’s “The Martyred” a few weeks ago. I guess it was partly because my wife has a paperback of his later book, “The Innocent” which I see…
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