I used to have a book that I kept in the bathroom called “The 100”, which made the case for the 100 most influential people…
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Some hastily-generated shows developed for sale to networks trying to duplicate the success of Designated Survivor with Kiefer Sutherland: Eminent Last Guy Second-to-Final Bro The Thirteenth…
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A number of years ago I watched an event called the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). By now there have been dozens if not hundreds of…
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The New York Times seems to have caught on to what I have been saying all along: that candidate Hillary Clinton has a Lisa Simpson…
Comments closedI’m a longtime Daredevil fan. I liked the comic: “Daredevil: The Man Without Fear” in the 80’s and 90’s. It had ninja action, the ‘blind radar’…
Comments closedRecently this piece in The Guardian caught my attention. In it, Alan Moore, notable author of Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and all-around high priest…
Comments closedIt occurred to me some years ago that I didn’t know what neither Saddam Hussein nor Kim Kardashian’s voice sounded like. This led me to…
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The Way Forward 1: The Rust Belt
I. Context For a period of time in the mid to late 80’s we lived in Northern Virginia, an area called Fairfax county, just south…