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Diary, Politics

Peggy Noonan: “Democracy Is Not Your Plaything”

by: PeterMay 20, 2017

Peggy Noonan just published (May 18) this very strong piece in the WSJ. When the circus comes to Washington, it consumes everything, absorbs all energy. This will be unpleasantly earnest, but having witnessed the atmospherics the past 10 days it’s what I think needs saying: Democracy is not your plaything. This is not a game. The president of the [Read More]

Diary

Surprising New Finding: “Get Married, Get Healthy? Maybe Not.”

by: PeterMay 19, 2017

By BELLA DEPAULOMAY (NYT) In a nation as divided and contentious as our own, it is rare to find a belief we all share. But trust in the transformative power of marriage is close to universal — and it has endured for decades. This isn’t just a matter of faith, we’ve been assured. It’s science. [Read More]

Diary, Politics

Good Summary of the Week: Trump fired director of the FBI who investigated the Trump campaign

by: PeterMay 13, 2017

Not surprisingly but still disappointingly, the WSJ editorial pages wholeheartedly supported the firing of the FBI. The left-leaning predictably compared the firing to Watergate. Below are the two most interesting articles from this week. First the Guardian’s take on the week and then an opinion piece in the WSJ that argues that not FBI but [Read More]

Movies, Phantasy

Beauty and the Beast

by: PeterApril 16, 2017

As an adult you walk into Beauty and the Beast not expecting suspense how the story will end. Of course the beast will get the beauty in the end! The open questions are about their journey. What challenges will the couple face before their happy ending? For me the best part of the [Read More]

Africa, Travel

Dreaming of Mauritius

by: PeterApril 4, 2017

The weather is bad and I am dreaming of going to Mauritius…

Comedy, Movies

Keeping up with the Joneses

by: PeterApril 3, 2017

A middle-age couple drops of their two boys for summer camp. For the first time since the kids were born, the husband and wife are alone. Time for some wild sex and parties? Not really. The two find it difficult to let lose until a new couple moves into the neighborhood. They seem to [Read More]

Drama, Movies

Moonlight

by: PeterMarch 6, 2017

The moment when Faye Dunaway pronounced erroneously La La Land as the winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Picture was one of the most dramatic moment in all of Oscar history. A few winners’ speeches later, the director of La La Land graciously told the stunned audience there has been a mistake!  “Moonlight is [Read More]

Comedy, Movies

Definitely, Maybe

by: PeterMarch 2, 2017

Definitely, Maybe offers some new ideas for how to create tension in the romantic comedy genre. As always boy and girl cannot make up their mind who they want to be with. But the story is told in a different way. Our boy just received his divorce papers and is about to sign them. His [Read More]

Drama, Movies

Manchester by the Sea

by: PeterFebruary 12, 2017

This wonderful film deals with an intriguing question: how do you deal with something that one can never truly recover from? Casey Affleck gives a stunning performance. If I were a voting member of the Academy of Motion Pictures, I would vote to give him the Oscar for best male performer in a leading role. Do [Read More]

Drama, Movies

Red Dog – True Blue

by: PeterJanuary 28, 2017

This prequel of the funny Red Dog disappoints. It has a very weak story. The original Red Dog was based on an amazing true story written up in a book that even the best fiction would have difficulty matching. So the screenplay writer, Daniel Taplitz, had a relatively easy time. But in this prequel [Read More]