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Monthly Archives: June 2018
Chekhov’s “The Sea Gull” on DVD
What a positive delight of acting performances featuring James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave (near the start of her career), Simone Signoret, David Warner, and Denholm Elliott! Wonderfully directed by the late great Sidney Lumet who brought so many plays to the … Continue reading
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Where Modern Techno-Education Comes Up Way Short
by being anti-book, anti-literature, anti-classics, and anti-critical thinking and reading. “The use of letters,” says Gibbon (in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire), “is the principal circumstance that distinguishes a civilized people from a herd of savages.” This … Continue reading
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Ode to Rejection
Trump. Trudeau. Putin. Kim. Iveson. Driverless cars. Robot cashiers. Sex dolls. Screens in schools. Technocrats. Non-stop advertising everywhere. Guns. Home solicitation. Reverse discrimination in the name of political correctness. Hypocrisy. Social media and trolls. Mammon worship. Egomaniacs. Agendas. Flagrant corruption. … Continue reading
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The wonderful brave new technological schools
where kids can’t experience one iota or second of the greatest expressions of the human spirit.
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Sample Headlines Today:
Putin Says Russia Has Not Left the G7–Not True Trump says he’ll punish ‘the people of Canada because of Trudeau’s news conference Opinion: Will America Lose Canada? (NY Times) Trudeau’s Eyebrows at G7 Set Social Media Off (CNN) Why Trudeau … Continue reading
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Whatever madmen-dictator bromances and photo-op handshakes aside,
having three evil power-hungry egomaniacs running the world is not good for the planet in the short and long runs. These guys are ruthless, dangerous, evil, and prepared to destroy millions at the drop of a hat. They are the … Continue reading
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My Rare Double-Signed “All the President’s Men”
Has both authors’ signatures (next to impossible to find). Just in time for another impeachment.
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A Very Rare Signed Brian Moore
with the actual dust jacket, not a facsimile dj.
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A Very Rare 1912 Inscription by Pauline Johnson
in a copy of a rare Legends of Vancouver.
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My Vintage Autographed Letter from Farley Mowat to a Good Friend
in a copy of The Desperate People, one of his early books.
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