Veterans’ Day Notes
It was hard for me to watch the 10-part PBS series, “The Vietnam War,” and by the time I did, half the episodes were behind a new paywall, called “PBS Passport.” But, I learned, a mere $5 a month automatic contribution to your local PBS affiliate opens that pay…
At the Movies: Opening Friday, Nov. 3 (with an aside)
“Thor: Ragnarok” is a Marvel Studios flick based on the Thor comic book character. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is in a race to save his whole civilization from his evil sister, the goddess Hela (Cate Blanchett). JEFF GOLDBLUM, 65, has a b…
A Jaw-Dropping, Stomach Turning Shonda
On October 19th the Huffington Post did a “round-up” of the actresses and female writers who have accused HARVEY WEINSTEIN, 65, of sexually harassing them. There were 42 women listed, accompanied by a photo and a summary of their allegations. By th…
One More Nobel Prize Winner
Just after my last column went to press, RICHARD THALER, 72, a Univ. of Chicago professor, won the Nobel in economics. His work has shown that most people don’t follow a conventional economic model that assumes they are highly rational. His books for the lay pu…
Nobel Tribe Members
MICHAEL ROSBASH, 73, a professor at Brandeis Univ., was one of three co-winners of the Nobel for medicine/physiology. The trio’s award is for discoveries that explain how plants, animals and humans adapt their biological rhythm so that it is synchronized with the Earth…
