The ‘dog days’ arrive in a heat wave with wildfire smoke. Trump’s Iran war continues, with 18 U.S. service members killed so far. Plus: Jungian podcasts and ‘The Aviator’ (1994).
Another Week: Number 186
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Another Week: Number 182
Donald Trump has lost our war with Iran. Plus: ‘The Seven Basic Plots,’ by Christopher Booker, ‘To Catch a Thief’ (1955), and ‘Pennies From Heaven’ (1981).
Another Week: Number 173
His war against Iran stalemated, Donald J. Trump goes to war against the Pope. Also: ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ (2025).
Another Week: Number 172
Donald Trump’s insane Easter tweet about his Iran war, ‘Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You,‘ by Lucinda Williams, and ‘The Big Country‘ (1958).
Another Week: Number 171
A nasty week of storms, March Madness acrimony, Trump and Hegseth’s Iran war mess, and “Careless People,’ by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Another Week: Number 170
Trump’s Iran war mess, ‘The Classical World’ by Robin Lane Fox, Spectrum Internet out, AT&T Fiber in, ‘No Kings’ day in Racine, and ‘Hail, Caesar!’
Another Week: Number 169
March weather, Trump’s corrupt and incompetent Cabinet, Pete Townshend takes ‘The Colbert Questionert,’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ (2025).
Another Week: Number 168
I passed an injured deer in the dark, Trump is winging it with his war in Iran, ‘Let Them All Talk’ (2020), and ‘A Room with a View’ (1985).
Another Week: Number 167
Dream lessons complete with Venn diagrams, Trump’s war in Iran pounds on, ‘American Masters: Becoming Helen Keller,’ and ‘Oklahoma!’ (1955).
Another Week: Number 166
More Scrivener and Obsidian in my workflow, missing Epstein files, WISN 12 News loses Lindsey Slater, Trump takes us to war with Iran, and ‘The Fall Guy’ (2024).
Adolf Hitler’s death in Berlin bunker: ‘Downfall’ (movie, 2004)
In November of 1942, a small group of women waits anxiously at a job interview. Before long, one of them is selected. Traudl Humps (soon to become Traudl Junge through marriage) is attractive, but only 22 years old and not a very skilled typist. Nevertheless, she is...
Greer Garson: ‘Mrs. Miniver’ (1942 movie)
I've been reading about World War 2 lately, so, as a step toward immersion, I thought it might be edifying to watch a related movie or two. My first selection was Mrs. Miniver, the 1942 hit starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Teresa Wright, an Academy Award...
Iraq War casualties erased from ‘War on Terror’?
Today, as news organization after news organization "remembers" the September 11 attacks — and as our fellow Americans remind us not to forget September 11 — I saw something truly shocking. It was a Facebook post by WISN 12 NEWS, Milwaukee's ABC affiliate: By The...
‘The War’ (Ken Burns World War 2 documentary, PBS)
Thanks to the miracle of the video recorder, Amy and I have been wading into The War, the seven-part, 14-and-a-half hour documentary on World War II from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that has been airing on PBS since Sunday night. It is excellent. [includeme...
Keith Olbermann’s ‘Special Comment’ on Condoleezza Rice
I continue to enjoy Countdown with Keith Olbermann every weeknight. There are a few bugs in the show that I would fix — for example, there's way too much talk about American Idol — but overall, it's a very refreshing hour and an entertaining downshift from the...
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: Mastermind AND numbskull?
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was in the news again yesterday when Multi-National Force-Iraq released outtakes of his recent propaganda video. Coalition officials held a news conference during which Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch ridiculed Zarqawi's weapons-handling skills and...
Punchbowl: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii — The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (also known as Punchbowl National Cemetery) is located in Punchbowl Crater, just north of downtown Honolulu. It serves as a memorial to men and women who...
Punchbowl National Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii — The dedication stone and grand stone staircase of the Honolulu Memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The names of 28,788 military personnel who missing in action or lost or...
Spanish-American War cannon, Kenosha
Kenosha, Wisconsin — This M1898 7-inch Siege Howitzer cannon was built for coastal use in the Spanish-American War (1898) and actually used in World War I. It was placed in Eichelman Park in 1920, and points out toward Lake...