From Now Playing: Black Panther, an excerpt: With the Strand closed down, at least temporarily, the D’Aleo family found itself with more time and less money on its hands. To shore up the family income, Ellie started looking for more shifts rather than fewer at the hospital. To assure that…

A Woman for All Seasons After reading a portion of the just released transcript of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the January 6 committee, I used bad Twitter to express an opinion about her testimony that seemed to be get some attention:

Excerpt From Now Playing Black Panther Chapter 5, Sin City Though there had been rumors and fears that no one in Enfield would go to work or school on Monday…that, as on Sunday, the entire town would crowd in or around the Strand…it did not happen. Quite the opposite, in…

Herewith, an excerpt from Look Before You Lean: How a Lean Transformation Goes Bad…A Cautionary Tale Let it not be said that WTF came to the grand party WE insisted on throwing for it empty-handed. Its bag was chock full of beans that, if not exactly magic, would create for…

My original intention was simply to recommend a book I had just finished reading (listening to!), American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. In advance of writing the post, I went looking for a graphic to accompany it and in so doing was surprised to learn that American Dirt had been at…

O Con Man! Our Con Man! Your fucked-up trip is done. This ship has weather’d every rack, the prize you’ve sought is gone, Election’s near, the bells I hear, the voters all exulting, With hollow eyes your reckless rule, your judgment grim and stupid; But O heart! heart! heart! O…

When I went to bed after Tom Brady, aged 24, had taken the New England Patriots on a 53-yard drive to win Super Bowl XXVI, I was 55-years old. When I woke up the next morning I was 12. It was 5 a.m., PST. My transistor radio was by the…

Immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once… — Acts 9:18 My first experience with having scales fall from my eyes came at the teaching of my early mentor, Robert Campbell. It was Bob who introduced me to the work of philosopher…

At the beginning of this thing, I posted a listing of what I thought were good viewing options for those looking for something different to watch during the pandemic. Since posting that list, I’ve come upon a Must-See new option. It’s called The Black Death, the World’s Most Devastating Plague…