“Kingsman” is a fun warning about our elites
“Kingsman” is a comedy with something for everyone. It is also a warning for all of us. We should listen.
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See the mystery of US GDP, and understand ourselves better
Summary: It’s the simple things that provide a mirror in which we can see ourselves, and the roots of America’s problems. Such as this graph showing estimates of US GDP for Q1 2015 — getting more accurate with each revision. This graph shows estimates of GDP for Q1 2015 made by the Bureau of Economic …
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“Designated Survivor” – A great educational tv political action conspiracy thriller
Summary: The TV show Designated Survivor has all the elements of great TV — good acting and writing, skilled cinematography — and something powerful but rare. It shows us something about ourselves, about modern America. This is a powerful TV show. Dramatic, with episodes often ending on powerful cliff-hangers. Excellent acting, with Kiefer Sutherland as a …
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Review of “The Force Awakens”: a film for Boomers. It’s about us.
Summary: The new Star Wars film shows how well Hollywood understands us. Not just what we want in a film, but the deeper themes that appeal to us. As such it provides a valuable mirror of early 21st C America, one well worth studying. There are spoilers. Lots of them. ———— Spoiler Alert! ———— Star …
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The unspoken issue of the election: America’s descent into darkness
Summary:Â Perhaps the most valuable information, & the most difficult to obtain, is not that about the world, but about ourselves. Hence these posts seeking “mirrors” in which we can see how we have changed and what we’ve become. This post looks at the results of the war on terror. Not the effects on the …
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