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Monthly Archives: January 2019
Notes on “The Sin of Harold Diddlebock”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: One of Preston Sturges’ least known works, “The Sin of Harold Diddlebock” is a wry and tenderhearted tribute to American failure — a sort of inverse Horatio Alger story. Sturges uses the movie to comment on … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Edgar Kennedy, Film, Harold Lloyd, Margaret Hamilton, movies, Preston Sturges, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
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Weekend Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: The Daily Telegraph eats a huge amount of shit for mistakes in its recent feature about Melania. Has the FBI become our very own Gestapo? Heartiste thinks so. Best commentary I’ve read on that Gillette’s disguting “toxic … Continue reading
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Elsewheres
Fenster writes: Mostly on Mommy and Daddy themes. “As a human being we should pay attention to fear and not logic”. As a friend puts it, pathos beats logos any day of the week these days. Kirsten Gillibrand seems to … Continue reading
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Notes on “The Island at the Top of the World”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There is little build-up to the adventure story presented in the 1974 “The Island at the Top of the World.” Almost immediately after their initial meeting, an aristocrat and an archaeologist set out for the Arctic … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Agneta Eckemyr, David Hartman, Disney, Film, movies, Robert Stevenson, The Island at the Top of the World
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Weekend Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: Interested in podcasting? This cool cat is sharing a lot of helpful tips. Getting some sun: the upside. Despite their history of screwups, I’m absolutely sure our health authorities have got it right this time. Authoritarian power, … Continue reading
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Weekend Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: By over-protecting our children, are we driving them crazy? Jonathan Haidt thinks so. My wife and I enjoyed this Brendan O’Neill conversation with Jonathan Haidt. The very smart Stuart Schneiderman responds to the American Psychological Association’s distaste … Continue reading
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Wither the Yellow Vests?
Fenster writes: The American press has had a herky-jerk relationship with the Yellow Vests. The media avoided much mention of the protests when they first occurred, presumably banking on them fading away quickly. Then, when it became apparent that coverage … Continue reading
More on Sokal Squared
Fenster writes: You’ll recall the so-called Sokal Squared dust-up: three academics who were able to publish a series of outrageously fake articles in peer-reviewed critical studies journals. Fenster wrote about it here when the story broke. For many inside academe … Continue reading
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Weekend Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: Coming soon from Mr. Finger-on-the-Pulse-of-the-West’s-Mood himself: a new novel by Michel Houellebecq. The book’s debut in France last week was “a national event.” The English translation will be released in November. I loved-loved-loved “Submission,” Houellebecq’s last novel. … Continue reading
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Pinkerian Pollyannism?
Fenster writes: Here in the Wall Street Journal we find more cheery optimism about the world. This could all be true. It could possibly just be Pinkerian Pollyannism. Or perhaps it is both. As with disease, poverty is being eradicated … Continue reading