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
Having recently once again cheated the Biblical wisdom “The days of our years are threescore years and ten…”, I have found myself wondering why it is that the wisdom that is supposed to come with age continues to be overtaken by an increasing number of things that bemuse, amuse, sadden and often as not, irritate me. … Read the rest
As a journalist, nothing about FOX “News” inclines me to be anything but profanely disparaging of their ultracrepridarian lawsuit defence of commitment to “the highest journalistic standards.” In an effort to comment and still maintain decorum, I sought afflatus (not what sprang to your mind) from a delightful work called “Foyle’s Philavery”.… Read the rest