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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Charlatans

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"Charlatans"by Moises Naim and Quico Toro give many examples of charlatans and as a skeptic you will be amused or maybe disgusted....
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

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 "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" (2025) won the Oscar for best documentary feature.  Admittedly it was done without permission of most ...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

An African History of Africa

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What was learned about Africa in Canadian and American schools was written from the perspective of colonizers.  Zeinab Badawi decided to add...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

My third Octopus film is not a documentary

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   Octopi are getting attention.  A few years back there were two documentaries that got my attention.  Certainly they proved to be more uni...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

Phantom Lawyer

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 Like most of you, I like to think I am realistic.  "Phantom Lawyer" (2026) is not realistic, but it is very funny and perhaps mak...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

the curious incident of the dog in the night-time

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"The medium is the message" is illustrated by "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" (2003).  The story i...
Monday, April 27, 2026

From Mistakes to Meaning

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All of us have made mistakes.  Both authors have made headline making mistakes.  The mistakes were difficult to live with to the extent they...
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I am vain enough to think some of my words are worth reading, but I am also concerned that life revolves around memories which are too easily forgotten. There are many topics to be concerned with, and one's choices are what make them unique.
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