July 2020

Homeownership update: I just realized it’s impossible to lock someone in our basement, which is both reassuring and disappointing.

zoom needs an irish goodbye feature

A handful of the adults in this are written and performed with noticeably more warmth than is typical of mainstream fright flicks, and Aubrey Plaza in particular is given real latitude to employ her considerable talents. Unfortunately she’s sidelined after the first act in favor of her kid and his friends, all of whom are pretty stock, and nu-Chucky doesn’t hold a candle to the original. All in all, though, this is slightly better than… See more →

“Cultures that survive are in flux; cultures that die stand still, like statues.” broadstreetreview.com/cross-cultural…

Smart analysis of the center/left debate over whether Trumpism is a rejection or manifestation of American democratic ideals. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Rest in power, John Lewis. What a place this could be if we all did even a tiny fraction of what you did.

Had a homemade peanut butter banana smoothie for lunch in the hammock on my back porch and for a moment I was not filled with rage.

Good morning. To the extent that we are still a democracy, we Americans all have fresh blood on our hands today. nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/…

Law and order. twitter.com/KristenClarkeJ…

Not sure how much more transparent corruption can get. Something tells me we’ll find out.

This @fmanjoo piece ably explains something I wish more people understood: how cities could be better without cars. nytimes.com/2020/07/09/opi…

These are the staggering consequences of this administration’s defining myopia and hubris. How many of the 500,000+ (and rising) would have lived?

Previous potential pandemics were contained because the US coordinated the global response. Guess who dismantled that system?

Be a patriot this July 4th by learning how the scope of the global pandemic can be put on one guy. You know the one. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…