Pizzey's Perch

Author and screen­writer William Gold­man encap­su­lat­ed the movie busi­ness in two lines: “Nobody knows anything…Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re lucky, an edu­cat­ed one.” There’s plen­ty of evi­dence the wis­dom equal­ly sums up prog­nos­ti­ca­tions and pro­nounce­ments on   today’s major issues; Amer­i­can pol­i­tics, the three Hs — Hamas, Hezbol­lah and the Houthis — and the Ukraine-Rus­sia imbroglio. … Read the rest