Happy Birthday….Fool

“I’m John and I, too, play the guitar.  Sometimes I play the fool” Today, John Lennon would have turned 81, if not for the bullet fired by a mentally deranged fan.   This senseless act of …

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Go See Yesterday (movie) Today or Tomorrow

The movie critics (or at least, many of them) are wrong about Yesterday, the Richard Curtis-penned movie released in June 2019.   Yes, Yesterday features 15 songs written by The Beatles.   Yes, it is based upon …

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Dr. Who Easter Eggs in Good Omens

You needn’t be a Whovian to know that Dr. Who lore plays an outsized role in Amazon’s new series Good Omens.  You’d be entirely correct to conclude that there’s no coincidence int the fact that: …

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COOL IDEA: Repairing Our Frayed Social Fabric

If you read the news, surf on the Internet or just breathe, it is hard to miss the social fragmentation breaking down the American and global social fabric.  Distrust, polarization, alienation, racism and tribal incivility …

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ANALYSIS: Our New Monopoly Era

Does it feel like you have fewer and fewer choices of companies providing essential services?  It’s not your imagination.  Consolidation of most all major services in the U.S. has been growing over the last 25 …

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