An Iranian filmmaker and his producer reportedly face prison time and being barred from filmmaking after they showcased a movie at the Cannes Film Festival without government approval, drawing immediate… Source: Iran sentences filmmaker to prison for screening film at CannesContinue Reading
William Friedkin, director of iconic 1970s films including “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” has died, his wife Sherry Lansing, the former CEO of Paramount Pictures, told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday. Source: William Friedkin, ‘Exorcist’ director, dead at 87 | CNNContinue Reading
What happens when dangerous minds meet resistance? Where are the agreements to get the government back to work? Can they be agreed upon? How long can America continue without a common narrative to follow? With approval ratings in the teens to the thirties, the United States just can’t work thisContinue Reading
Downsizing is a choice many of us make in retirement, but it isn’t necessarily the only choice we have. Upsizing and “rightsizing” are some other options to consider, especially for those with larger families or a passion for pursuing post-retirement hobbies and businesses that require a great deal of outdoorContinue Reading
Harvey Gold Just as Herbert Hoover, the last Republican “businessman” did, President Trump and the GOP has implemented isolationism, personal enrichment, and a gross ignorance of knowledge about governmental economics, into a death spiral for the U.S., in the world leadership role. Incidentally, Hoover also had an all-Republican Congress atContinue Reading
If I had ever used the excuse to my parents that Trump’s National Security Agency Director (Admiral Michael S. Rogers), Director of National Intelligence (Daniel Coats), or Attorney General (Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions), used for not answering questions posed by the Senate Oversight Committee on Intelligence, (“I don’t want to”), […]Continue Reading
Harvey Gold – Underneath the hyper-partisanship currently infecting the United States, is there a deeper, fundamental lack of morality in its economics and politics? Is it something new or has it been glossed over since our separation from England? There is, of course, our obsession with winning, which isContinue Reading
Harvey Gold As much as Donald Trump and his supporters believe, and erroneously repeat ad nauseum, that NAFTA is some horrible trade policy that destroyed U.S. manufacturing,US manufacturing output is close to a record high, even when adjusted for inflation, so a full 20 years of in-depth studies show quiteContinue Reading
Harvey Gold Dear Donald, I would like to personally express my gratitude to you, your staff, your wife-in-absentia, [Melania] your daughter-wife, [Ivanka] your Cabinet of (please pick all that apply) : Racists Fascists Nationalists Isolationists Xenophobic Misogynistic Narcissistic Whites Unqualified stooges Billionaires bootlickers for managing to screw up the oneContinue Reading
It’s no revelation that personal communications and the means by which they are carried out, have been a growing concern for governmental purposes and Americans’ rights as we’ve all become more and more interdependent on our computers and telephones. The Federal Communication Commission studied the issue of online privacy […]Continue Reading
