“The Diplomat” Explains Trump’s Obsession with Greenland
The Netflix series, The Diplomat, is a really good show.Heck, it’s a wonderful show. Show-runner Debora Cahn wrote on the latter seasons of The West Wing, and was a writer/executive producer on Homeland.The Diplomat plays like a West Wing in Britain, with a lot of political intrigue and human drama familiar to fans of the…
Signs of Hope: The Tide is Turning
Maybe it’s the days growing slightly longer, and the ice melting.Maybe it’s seeing the young Red Sox prospects running around the Spring Training field in Florida. But something just feels different. Or, maybe the country is just waking up.Maybe our actions are making a difference. Whew…. What a wild couple of days…. The world begins…
What Can We Do?
I know it’s dark. I know you’re weary. I know it seems hopeless. Please believe me. It’s not. We have too much too lose. We hold too much power in our hands.We have too many good people on our side. We have too many good people fighting for us. [Read about those good people in…
Heroes of the Resistance: A Way Out of the Darkness
Like a lot of us, my initial reaction in November was to give up. Fine. You guys win. Good luck. It’s all yours now. We’ll be back to clean up your mess. As the wonderful movie critic (and equally wonderful social critic) Ty Burr said to Trump voters: “Congratulations. You reap what you sow.” But…
This is Not Normal: Trump Frees His Insurrectionists
I gotta admit, not much makes me laugh these days.But you know what does? Whenever I hear Donald Trump’s supporters ask, so plaintively, “Why is this country so divided?” After the state service for former President Jimmy Carter, I heard somebody admiring the “wonderful exchange” between Trump and President Barack Obama, as they talked civilly…
The Miracle of 2004: Terry Francona
Twenty years ago, something truly unbelievable happened.The Boston Red Sox, a self-described “bunch of idiots,” did something that hadn’t happened in my father’s lifetime, or my grandfather’s lifetime.There were times I didn’t think it would happen in my lifetime.They broke an 86-year curse, and won the World Series.This is the second in a series of…
The Miracle of 2004: Peter Gammons
Twenty years ago, something truly unbelievable happened. The Boston Red Sox, a self-described “band of idiots,” broke an 86-year curse, and won the World Series.It hadn’t happened in my father’s lifetime, or my grandfather’s lifetime.There were times I didn’t think it would happen in my lifetime.This is the first in a series of articles about…
A Soundtrack for a Civil War
I originally wrote a version of this in 2021, with the less-combative title, “A Soundtrack for Our Times.”Time, and recent events, have caused me to shave it down, and call it what it always has been: A soundtrack for the Civil War that we are entering. Bruce Springsteen – “Vigilante Man” I have to confess,…
My Favorite Show From 2022: Reservation Dogs
When did I fall in love with Reservation Dogs? It might’ve been the first episode, when I realized one of the Indian kids is named Elora Danan – after the lost baby in the 1988 fantasy movie, Willow. It becomes a running gag throughout the series, with characters recognizing her name, and reminiscing fondly about…
Reason for Hope
This past week maybe wasn’t the best of weeks for you, if you’re a person who: On the other hand, if you’re not one of those people… Well, it’s been an incredible, extraordinary week. * * * Perhaps the greatest casualty of the Donald Trump era has been normalcy. When did it become normal to…
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