Newsletter Archive
Newsletters from the current and preceding year
2023
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March 15, 2023 / Vol. VIII, No. 6: a day in the life of an obscure man, a dose of perspective on America's "ironclad" commitment to Israeli security, years of anarchy…
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March 1, 2023 / Vol. VIII, No. 5: Marjorie Taylor Greene's call to blow up the union, federalism on amphetamines, the expurgation of Roald Dahl, furor in the newsroom of The New York Times…
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February 15, 2023 / Vol. VIII, No. 4: review of the Indian film Adieu Godard, commentary on the State of the Union, the French and le wokisme, balloons and balloon-like objects…
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February 1, 2023 / Vol. VIII, No. 3: melancholy farewell to the PBS NewsHour's Politics Monday feature, recommended commentary on trans issues, indictment of a former FBI agent with links to a Russian oligarch, department of speculation and rumor and more…
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January 15, 2023 / Vol. VIII, No. 2: thoughts about friends in California, the classified documents mess, hope springs infernal as spring training looms just over the horizon…
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January 1, 2023 / Vol. VIII, No. 1: tribute to Judy Woodruff, Ocasio-Cortez's nay vote on December 23, sudden Russian death syndrome…
2022
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December 15, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 24: holiday thoughts about family and friends, a note on the zany Reichsbürgers conspiracy, yet another not so subtle dig at Marge T. Greene…
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December 1, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 23: the holiday season, a Greg Bigler essay about repatriation and Harvard University, the Carolina-Clemson game, changes in House leadership and at the PBS NewsHour…
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November 15, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 22: the election, an anecdote about György Lukács, Tony Judt Thinking the Twentieth Century…
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November 1, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 21: Barack Obama out on the campaign trail, the assault on Paul Pelosi, grim Ukraine, a movie note…
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October 15, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 20: Review of Timothy Snyder's discussion of fascist thinker Ivan Ilyin, Putin's authority on history and main man on the ideas front, the fictional character "Donald Trump, successful businessman"…
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October 1, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 19: Notes about Masha Gessen and her book The Future Is History, Putin's machinations in Ukraine, setting the record straight on Trump's claims that the FBI and DOJ are controlled by "radical-left scoundrels"…
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September 15, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 18: Remembering Jean-Luc Godard and welcoming reports from Ukraine where Russian forces are engaged in a strategic military regrouping in response to the Ukrainian counteroffensive…
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September 1, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 17: John Aubrey's Brief Lives, student debt forgiveness, semi-fascism, a bizarre craze for non-alcohol wine…
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August 15, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 16: writing the birthday poem, the search at the Trump palace, a controversial press release from Amnesty International…
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August 1, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 15: family rendezvous, two brief film reviews, commentary on the passing of Bill Russell, the perilous allure of the elusive third party, what to look forward to if we suffer a Trump encore…
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July 15, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 14: book groups, Amanda (dir. by Mikhaël Hers, with Vincent Lacoste, Isaure Multrier, and Stacy Martin), running, the mysterious case of the vanishing Secret Service texts, Russian terrorism in Ukraine…
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July 1, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 13: art gallery recommendation, Cassidy Hutchinson's public testimony before the Jan. 6 committee…
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June 15, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 12: Dardenne bros film (Deux jours, une nuit) with Marion Cotillard, Jan. 6 hearings, a defense of Joe Biden by Tom Nichols…
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June 1, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 11: Rose Festival 2022, three films with Virginie Efira, an interesting article about two very different ways of looking at the debate over race, racism, and what racial progress might mean…