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<b>A Spy Among Friends: Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis Give Life to the Treachery of the Notorious British Double Agent, Kim Philby</b>

A Spy Among Friends: Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis Give Life to the Treachery of the Notorious British Double Agent, Kim Philby

Books, News + Views, Personalities, Politics, TVMarch 24, 2023

I am fascinated by the true story of Kim Philby, a highly-placed intelligence officer in Britain’s MI6 special intelligence service — the British equivalent of…

Veep Kamala Harris: Negative Press is Way  a Off the Mark. The VP is Doing a Good Job

Veep Kamala Harris: Negative Press is Way a Off the Mark. The VP is Doing a Good Job

News + Views, Personalities, PoliticsFebruary 18, 2023

Hear me out.There has been an unwarranted insidious smear campaign to discredit Vice President Kamala Harris. She has been labeled a liability by anonymous party…

<strong>Will Beyonce’s Renaissance</strong> <strong>World Tour Go the Way of Taylor Swift’s Ticketmaster Disaster? Enquiring Minds Want to Know</strong>

Will Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour Go the Way of Taylor Swift’s Ticketmaster Disaster? Enquiring Minds Want to Know

Music, News + Views, PersonalitiesFebruary 11, 2023

Okay. I’ll ‘fess up. I’ve seen neither Beyonce’ nor Taylor Swift in concert, though I did see Whitney Houston back in the day and —…

Alec Baldwin Charged in Shooting Death On Set of His Movie <i>Rust</i> Last Year

Alec Baldwin Charged in Shooting Death On Set of His Movie Rust Last Year

Film, News + Views, PersonalitiesJanuary 21, 2023

I haven’t posted in a few weeks, but this? I had to put my two cents in. I don’t quite know what to make of…

Trump’s Major Announcement? More Looney Tunes: Trading Cards You Can’t Even Trade. No, Seriously.

Trump’s Major Announcement? More Looney Tunes: Trading Cards You Can’t Even Trade. No, Seriously.

News + Views, Personalities, Politics, UncategorizedDecember 16, 2022

I haven’t posted anything in a month, but today? Today got me thinking. And shaking my head. When I was a kid of eight or…

Veterans Day: A Time to Honor Americans Who Wore the Uniform in Service of Our Nation

Veterans Day: A Time to Honor Americans Who Wore the Uniform in Service of Our Nation

News + Views, PoliticsNovember 12, 2022

Each November, as Veterans Day approaches, my thoughts turn to 2007 and a Sunday afternoon on a visit to the nation’s capital. I was driving…

Leslie Jordan, Queer Icon and Irrepressible Comedian, Dies at 67 in Car Crash

Leslie Jordan, Queer Icon and Irrepressible Comedian, Dies at 67 in Car Crash

Film, News + Views, Personalities, TVOctober 25, 2022

It’s been said so often, the expression goes beyond being cliche, but in the case of this pint-sized dynamo, the accolade is neither trite nor…

Alex Wagner is Doing Just Fine at MSNBC, Thank You Very Much

Alex Wagner is Doing Just Fine at MSNBC, Thank You Very Much

News + Views, Personalities, TVOctober 21, 2022

So. Allow me to vent. I’ve come across carping from various quarters that Alex Wagner is no Rachel Maddow. You know the kind of bitching…

Do You Know What the Arctic World Archive is?

Do You Know What the Arctic World Archive is?

Music, News + ViewsOctober 20, 2022

I am fascinated by a bit of information I just came across quite by chance while I was perusing the internet. Established in 2017 on…

<i>Confidence Man</i>: NYTimes’ Maggie Haberman’s Deep Dive into All Things Trump

Confidence Man: NYTimes’ Maggie Haberman’s Deep Dive into All Things Trump

Books, News + Views, Personalities, PoliticsOctober 3, 2022

I am over the moon. Maggie Haberman, political correspondent at the New York Times, has a new book coming out this week, and the political…

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