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by Charlie Barber | Last Word | June 9th, 2020
…#13 of On Tyranny: Practice Corporeal Politics – “Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them.” - Timothy Snyder “By embracing the politics of inevitability,…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | June 7th, 2020
…Natasha Gregson Wagner, known to David Lynch fans for her performance in “Lost Highway,” guides viewers through an intimate but tightly controlled portrait of her iconic mother in “Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind.” Available on HBO following a Sundance premiere in January, the biographical documentary is directed by veteran “making…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 7th, 2020
…The U.S. Is A Failed State On A Rudderless U.S.S. Titanic—Captained By A CalibanAnd yes, it’s headed directly for a huge iceberg. There is no evidence that Donald The Lyin’ King has read anything beyond a menu or a porn star’s telephone number. His tweets are void of any reference…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | June 2nd, 2020
…#4 of On Tyranny: Take Responsibility for the Face of the World - “The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate. Do not look away, and do not get used to them. Remove them yourself and set an example for…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | May 31st, 2020
…by Marie HoffWe greet each other very carefully,Like porcupines getting ready to make love.Arms in big virtual, barrel hugs,Lots of embarrassed joking and chokingHoping we don’t look as foolish as we feel. Hope rises and falls, and rises againLike the panting of a small injured bird, testing Ms. Dickinson’s thesis,…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 31st, 2020
…Are We Close To Hearing The Last Clicking Of A Stoplight?Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker, has been creating provocative and entertaining columns for many years. She also was a speech writer for President Ronald Reagan. I call her a true conservative, not a fake…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | May 31st, 2020
…Another significant 2020 title skipping theatrical release for digital platforms, Josephine Decker’s “Shirley” premiered at Sundance in January, where Decker received a U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Auteur Filmmaking. “Shirley” marks yet another career milestone for the dynamic filmmaker as she moves in the direction of wider accessibility and…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | May 26th, 2020
…#14 of On Tyranny: Establish a private life. – “Nastier rulers will use what they know about you to push you around. Scrub your computer of malware on a regular basis. Remember that email is skywriting. Consider using alternative forms of the internet, or simply using it less. Have personal…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | May 26th, 2020
…#6 of On Tyranny: Be wary of paramilitaries – “When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching with torches and pictures of a leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle,…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 24th, 2020
…Democratic Socialism Rescues Disaster Capitalism—AgainOur elected representatives are currently appropriating trillions of taxpayer’s dollars to save our economy from the ravages of COVID-19 and disaster capitalism. Here we go again. Economists who have studied capitalism for many years say that recessions and depressions happen about every 8 to 10 years…