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Wisconsin Dells
I joined my brother, sister-in-law and niece this past week for two days at the Wisconsin Dells. I knew it would be fun, but feared it might be chaotic and obnoxious. There’s something about American vacationers that has always put me … Continue reading
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Abandoned
Last week when I was visiting my parents in the Chicago area, my mother told me about visiting our old house in Park Forest. It’s the house I grew up in and every space is permanently engraved in my memory. … Continue reading
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Word on the Secret Report
I’ve written here a few times about the Vatican’s investigations (i.e., harassment) of women religious in the U.S. By far the most intimidating has been the apostolic visitation of all the congregations of women religious in the United States. When … Continue reading
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Executive Suite
Everyone should watch the film Executive Suite. I know, it is in black-and-white and was made in 1951. It’s a decade before Mad Men, so the gender politics, believe it or not, are even worse than on that show. The … Continue reading
Fact and Fiction, part two: The Anxious Artist
Two weeks ago I had a major anxiety attack. It happened while I was in the shower in the morning, which is where I usually have anxiety attacks. It had been a couple years since I had one, so it … Continue reading
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Fact and Fiction
Today on the NPR radio program This American Life, they devoted an entire hour to a retraction of a story they aired in January about working conditions in Apple factories in China. It wasn’t that the claims made on the original program were … Continue reading
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Mildred Pierce (2011) Review, part 1
We’re finishing up the winter movie viewing season with the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce starring Kate Winslet. So far we’ve watched disc 1, the first three episodes, with two more to go. But I am spending today on a bus, … Continue reading
Is the Dalai Lama a Sellout or Just Really Enlightened?
One of the documentaries we watched this week was The Sun Behind the Clouds. It chronicles the protests of China’s occupation of Tibet that broke out in 2008 (most noticed here in disruption of the travel of the torch around the world … Continue reading
Come in from the Cold
I think the best thing that could happen for the Occupy Wall Street movement at this time is to come inside. This first phase of the movement has been a total success– with encampments in cities throughout the country, a … Continue reading
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Desperate Times
Twice in the past week I’ve encountered African American men who were begging for gas money. One was in the parking lot of the local low-cost grocery store. The other was a man who was walking with his gas can after … Continue reading