Author Archives: Fenster

Fenster writes: In crises, events first everything else later, including post-mortems, recriminations and oopsies. This is true with the law as well. The law pretends to majesty but in crisis it can find itself behind the curve with the other … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: I recently wrote up The Biggest Little Farm, a documentary distributed by Neon and streaming on Hulu. Today, another Neon/Hulu documentary: The Painter and the Thief. The Biggest Little Farm presented a view of nature that was both … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: “I could teach anybody, even people in this room, no offense intended, to be a farmer.” -Mike Bloomberg at Oxford People, despite their seeming complexity, often yield up their characters quite readily to those with an eye to … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: The Cytokene Storm as a metaphor for a society destroying itself. The burden of proof. Nursing homes: a third of all deaths. Nursing homes: 40%of all deaths. Nursing homes: over 80% of deaths in Canada. The invention of … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: Say this about the virus: it has had some positive effects.  Of course, opinions differ. In many instances whether an effect is positive or not will be in the eye of the beholder.  Some, but not all, might … Continue reading →