Unless you watched the program, you likely would have had to search to learn that Coda won Best Picture, Encanto won best animated picture, and Jessica Chastain won best actress. I think you would have known that Will Smith won best actor, though. And it was Smith, of course, who has dominated all Hollywood coverage […]
I suspect I’m not alone in saying I don’t know enough about Ukraine and other former Soviet Union members. For example, it shocked me to learn that Ukraine was the largest country in Europe. But I grew up hearing a lot about Poland. And I’m glad to see the Polish people welcoming the flood of […]
The invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces reminds me very much of the fear I had for the Russians as a child of the Cold War. I grew up near Kansas City, and several strategic military installations were nearby. My dad always thought we might be a ready target. I heard some of that I […]
Every day 2,000 acres of farmland are paved over or converted to uses that jeopardize farming, according to the American Farmland Trust. Needed for food This land, the richest in the world, is irreplaceable and needed to grow food. The Trust considers the current circumstance a national disgrace and catastrophe. I would agree. Better stewardship […]
Inflation bothers us just a little. Retired, with a home that is paid for, and few grocery bills for just the two of us, it’s not hitting us. But it is hitting many But it is hitting many. It’s at a 39-year high, according to CNN Business. And the Federal Reserve’s signals to raise interest […]
My recent holiday television viewing has included the 1941 Frank Capra classic “Meet John Doe.” The movie is about a grassroots political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist (Barbara Stanwyck). She engages the help of a down and out baseball player (Gary Cooper). The Bulletin A local newspaper, The Bulletin, is under new management, […]
I just finished watching a TED Talks by Harvard Professor Larry Lessig. And he said some things most of us have felt for a long time. Representative democracy? Our so-called representative democracy disappeared a long time ago thanks to campaign financing and gerrymandering. The result As a result only 2 percent of the people actually […]
I watch Good Morning America every day from 7 to 9 a.m., and I love the mix of news and entertainment provided…but Please don’t lessen the product But I wish producers would avoid lessening the product with cheap and free advertisements. What advertisements, you say? Featuring other ABC and Disney products When GMA features Dancing With […]
I don’t care what it’s called. But Facebook, Instagram and now Meta have put profits over social responsibility. And I’m tired of Mark Zuckerberg’s non-explanations. We’re supporting Meta now? He’s already proven to be too profit-driven to support Facebook and Instagram adequately. So now he wants to re-name the company Meta and expand the technology […]
It sounded great. Children were rounded up from the streets of Great Britain and send aboard luxury liners to a new life in Australia or Canada. They were told they’d have plenty to eat, see lots of sun and could swim in the ocean as they liked. BUT…. It wasn’t true The truth was they […]