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From Jon Batiste of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Link: https://youtu.be/cht7MWEyL4I by … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Michael Connelly, a former Los Angeles Times reporter turned novelist, writes some of the most readable mysteries being published, and I thought this one of his best. It features his main series character, police detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch. (“Lincoln Lawyer” … Continue reading
This is just odd: The image is courtesy of the Engrish.com website, which posts something like this every day. The website credits the photo to Lindsay Powell. If you can’t read the fine print above, the text under the product … Continue reading
Other countries aren’t thrilled with their choice of politicians either, and a small group in France wants to draft an experienced non-Frenchman to serve as president of the French Republic. They’ve put posters up around Paris and are hoping for … Continue reading
Right after the election astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to talk about the cosmic view, live, immediately after the election. It’s still worth seeing, both entertaining and inspiring. There are three clips below, … Continue reading
During his campaign, Donald Trump set up a policy shop to study and recommend policies consistent with his own views and general conservative positions. (To save conservatives time, those aren’t the same thing.) Many candidates do something similar. Unfortunately, Trump’s … Continue reading
Yesterday Donald Trump completed his first month as president. Here’s how he judges his performance so far: Link: https://youtu.be/pxhf0iLXm70 OK, this isn’t really Trump’s self-assessment. It’s a set of his attacks on President Obama for doing the same sort of … Continue reading
On this day in 1895 the great orator and author Frederick Douglass attended a meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington DC. He was a powerful advocate for equal rights for all, including voting rights for women, and … Continue reading
A demonstration of the modern process of movie development. The trailer at the end makes me think this is a movie I’d like to see: Link: https://youtu.be/7mlAXD-QhS0 For one thing, it has a fire-breathing giant flying robot pig in it. … Continue reading
Conservative Republican Congressman Will Hurd represents a Texas district that includes about 800 miles of the Mexican border — about 40 percent of the whole thing — and he calls Trump’s proposed wall “the most expensive and least effective way … Continue reading