Diary, Astute Observations

Leonhard Cohen’s Last Words

No Comments 7 January 2024

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Homage to Sherlock Holmes in current Impeachment Trial

Diary, Astute Observations

Homage to Sherlock Holmes in current Impeachment Trial

No Comments 2 December 2019

The public at large believes Trump illegally pressured Ukraine, but the majority does not yet want to throw him out of office.  USA today published a great homage to Sherlock Holmes courtesy of an independent senator from Maine.

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35 and Single: An Argentine Woman Documents One Big Question

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35 and Single: An Argentine Woman Documents One Big Question

No Comments 11 December 2013

Paula Schargorodsky make this interesting 7-minute film about what it means to be a woman and 35 and still married. It will be very interesting to see her make another film like this in 30 years.

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Adam Gopnik on JFK

Diary, Astute Observations

Adam Gopnik on JFK

No Comments 22 November 2013

On the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination Adam Gopnik writes an amazingly insightful review of the event that endless conspiracy literature that it has spawned. You will understand better why the event has been such a fertile ground of conspiracy stories and why the American public never saw the presidency in the same way when details about strange connections between Kennedy and shady parts of American life came out.

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Building Meaning in a Secular Society

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Building Meaning in a Secular Society

No Comments 10 July 2013

David Brooks attempts an interesting summary of Charles Taylor’s book “The Secular Society.” I have long felt that meaning does not require the existence of a God.

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Making Every Day Special

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Making Every Day Special

No Comments 6 December 2012

The novelist SILAS HOUSE tells us how he goes about his craft. In the process he reminds us how to make every day special.

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Election Day Poker

Diary, Astute Observations

Election Day Poker

No Comments 6 November 2012

Nate Silver of the NY Times put Romney’s odds of winning the electoral count at 8%. He writes: “As any poker player knows, those 8 percent chances do come up once in a while. If it happens this year, then a lot of polling firms will have to re-examine their assumptions — and we will have to re-examine ours about how trustworthy the polls are. But the odds are that Mr. Obama will win another term.”

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