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Letter from Benelux 2
Fenster writes: Returned from the trip to Belgium, flying in an out of Amsterdam rather than Brussels . . . Spent a little time among the Dutch in Amsterdam visiting one of the host families from my semester in college. … Continue reading
Letter from Benelux
Fenster writes: As I wrote here, I am in Ghent for a week, with a stop first in Amsterdam and with a side trip across the border to Germany. Nothing against the homeland but when I travel I prefer the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal reflections, Politics and Economics, Travel
Tagged Belgium, Ghent, Migrants, Trump
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Doors of Ghent
Fenster writes: Front doors, as points of transit between public and private spaces, assume some of the qualities of each sphere. And if one were to anthropomorphize a house while the windows would be the eyes the door would be … Continue reading
More on Free Speech
Fenster writes: As I have written before I am not a free speech absolutist. This is part of a broader pattern, since I aspire to be an anti-absolutist in all things. Or most all things. I would not want to … Continue reading
Classical Off-notes
Fenster writes: Bit by bit I find myself returning to classical music. I was never an expert but I was enough of a fan in my youth. Back then it was not uncommon for classical music to form at least … Continue reading
Notes on “Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter”
Fenster writes: This was a hard movie to like, in large part because the main character Kumiko is so hard to like. Impossible, probably, but tell me if you felt a glimmer or two. I did not, at least during … Continue reading
Music for a Political Blizzard
Fenster writes: WUR, the songs you like to hear. If you want real good plain old fashioned blizzard music, Blowhard Esq. is spinning a nice track on his show. Baby, it’s cold outside. Here, it’s Politics Saturday and this goes … Continue reading
Public Masturbation–EXPOSED!
Fenster writes: As a blogger I am obliged to take the side of the pajama-clad reporters against the evil mainstream media. Why, I happen to be in my pajamas at the moment, too, as I write this. For the most … Continue reading
Notes on “The Revenant”
Fenster writes: My mini-review of The Revenant: it left me cold.
Posted in Movies
Tagged Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Boorman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy
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Saving The New Republic
Fenster writes: Chris Hughes is the young and photogenic owner of The New Republic. Sorry, that’s Chris Pratt. I mean Chris Evans. This is the Chris Pratt that is not Chris Hughes. Oops, that’s Chris Hemsworth. This is Chris Pratt. … Continue reading