Monday, December 15, 2025

Bondi Beach Massacre

 More than ever, it is time for good people to stand up.

Going Retro on Correspondence


 

When it comes to constituent letters, Congress should drop its current duplicitous system and Make Correspondence Great Again.

Click here for my plan.


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Crank It Up

 


On My List

 


Sunday, December 14, 2025

Happy Hannukah



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A Mystery at Christmas


Hunter Gatherer Nicholas Bate has just given a helpful nudge. 

In addition to nonfiction, I've been slow-reading A Christmas Carol by the incomparable Dickens and In My Father's Court by the always excellent Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Nicholas recommends a Sherlock Holmes mystery.

Great idea!

[And, as the above trailer shows, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot also had some Christmas episodes.]

Find Something Beautiful Today



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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Good Film for the Holidays

 


White Christmas

 


A Hard Truth

Steve Layman has a quote from a commencement address by Tom Brokaw that is, I'm sad to say, painfully accurate.

I continue to be stunned by the pettiness that often arises in even the most sophisticated circles.