• No

    Updated: 2021-08-29 01:00:04
    I think that the most succinct definition of freedom could be the right to say no to another. This was brought home to me in a recent family situation. Never mind the specifics of the situation, the general point is… Continue reading →

  • Superabundance

    Updated: 2021-08-27 19:55:07
    I have been working on an idea for the last few months. I call it “The Beginning of Superabundance” (the title being a hat-tip to David Deutsch’s book, “The Beginning of Infinity.”) There’s something incredible in the works for the… Continue reading →

  • What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

    Updated: 2021-08-27 18:04:39
    Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Enlightened, "Vax That Thang Up."

  • Navras & Neodämmerung

    Updated: 2021-08-26 09:55:54
    असतो मा सद्गमय । तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय । मृत्योर्माऽमृतं गमय ॥ asato mā sadgamaya, tamaso mā jyotirgamaya, mṛtyormā’mṛtaṃ gamaya. From falsehood lead me to truth, From darkness lead me to light, From death lead me to immortality. That’s known as… Continue reading →

  • What Made Aaliyah So Special Is More Complicated Than It Seems

    Updated: 2021-08-25 10:00:49
    At 14, she stood out for her cool and "mature" demeanor. But at the heart of that persona was a youth lost too soon.

  • Total Solar Eclipse

    Updated: 2021-08-23 20:34:55
    The 4th anniversary of the Great American Total Solar Eclipse of Aug 21st, 2017, was two days ago. I had looked forward to it for years, and in August of 2017, on a cross-continent drive from the West coast of… Continue reading →

  • What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

    Updated: 2021-08-20 17:15:52
    Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's Reservation Dogs, Nine Perfect Strangers, and viral music videos from the band Little Big.

  • 'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 5: Romcommunism Comes To AFC Richmond

    Updated: 2021-08-20 07:00:22
    Ted Lasso, which is always a bunch of love stories, salutes romantic comedy in an episode that brings out a new side of Nathan and a new professional aspiration in Roy.

  • The Mike Richards 'Jeopardy!' Fiasco Was Maddeningly Predictable

    Updated: 2021-08-20 04:32:50
    A bungled process led executive producer Mike Richards to be announced as the next host of Jeopardy! Now, an unsurprising rolling disaster has led to the announcement that he will not, in fact, host.

  • How 'The White Lotus' Hid Its Biggest Gut Punches Until The End

    Updated: 2021-08-17 17:00:25
    HBO's The White Lotus had plenty of vitriol for its rich guests throughout the series. But it wasn't until the final episode that creator Mike White unleashed his most painful skewerings.

  • Stupid People and Scams

    Updated: 2021-08-17 16:20:16
    I got a text message a couple of days ago. It read: [Amazon] Your account has been deactivated. Please update your personal details. https://www.uam-zon.shop I clicked on the link knowing that it was a scam. I landed on a page… Continue reading →

  • What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

    Updated: 2021-08-13 18:48:55
    Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's new music from Big Thief, Netflix's Bake Squad and a new article from Priya Krishna.

  • For A Show Full Of Answers, 'Jeopardy!' Host Selection Raises A Lot Of Questions

    Updated: 2021-08-13 17:39:48
    Despite having gotten good reviews for his guest-hosting stint, new host (and executive producer) Mike Richards has found himself greeted with mixed feelings at best.

  • 'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 4: At Christmas, Sam Gets His Goat

    Updated: 2021-08-13 13:28:21
    In a charming Christmas episode, Ted Lasso himself struggles to feel the holiday spirit, but the team finds joy over dinner and Roy and Keeley help Phoebe battle a bully.

  • 'CODA' Will Yank Shamelessly On Your Heartstrings ... But It's Very Good At It

    Updated: 2021-08-13 11:01:26
    The family comedy-drama CODA nabbed big prizes at Sundance in January. Now, it arrives on Apple TV+. It doesn't hold back in going for the tears, but it mostly earns them.

  • Gleefully Lurid 'Brand New Cherry Flavor' Explores The (Black) Magic Of The Movies

    Updated: 2021-08-13 09:00:56
    The trippy Netflix series about a student filmmaker who uses dark magic to get revenge on a sleazy producer borrows heavily from Cronenberg and Lynch, but tells a weird, gruesome tale all its own.

  • Taxation is Theft

    Updated: 2021-08-12 19:21:09
    Lysander Spooner (1808 – 1887) the wiki informs us was “an American individualist anarchist. He was also an abolitionist, entrepreneur, essayist, legal theorist, pamphletist, political philosopher, Unitarian, writer …” My favorite bit of his writings is “No Treason: The Constitution… Continue reading →

  • 'What If...?' Gives The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Animated Banger Of A Remix

    Updated: 2021-08-11 09:01:00
    This animated anthology series boasts clever writing, fluid animation and stories that mix and match MCU characters, who are voiced (mostly) by the actors who played them on the big screen.

  • Batman's Sidekick Robin Comes Out. It Makes Sense, If You Were Paying Attention

    Updated: 2021-08-10 21:01:31
    In the pages of a DC Comics anthology series, Tim Drake — the third young man to assume the role of Batman's sidekick, Robin, has a "lightbulb moment" realization — but his journey is only beginning.

  • What I Learned From Watching Every Sport At The Tokyo Olympics

    Updated: 2021-08-09 12:33:00
    Over two weeks, critic Linda Holmes watched every Olympic discipline, from archery to wrestling. Fast sports, slow sports, graceful sports and hard crashes. As it turned out, they're all beautiful.

  • The Magnificent Tom Lehrer

    Updated: 2021-08-07 15:40:44
    Tom Lehrer “went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.” He graduated Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Harvard University, magna cum laude in 1946. He taught mathematics and other classes at MIT, Harvard, Wellesley, and the University of California, Santa Cruz.… Continue reading →

  • What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

    Updated: 2021-08-06 17:15:48
    Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's Making the Cut, The Twilight Saga and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

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