I am planning to buy this series on disk. I am not one for the vicissitudes of streaming services when it comes to certain series.

D’Arcy Carden as well. She has been magnificent.

I am glad to see Jean Smart again in anything. IMHO, she is a terribly underrated actress, and her turn in Legion was good acting hampered by some less than stellar character writing.

Optimist me: We, as humanity, have made another stride forward in science.

I loved watching Magic as a player, admired his courage i fighting AIDS, then he became part of Lakers management and a business owner. When he pops up in the news, it is rarely good. I lose a little respect for him every year.

It is telling how wide the gap is between the White House and the people who simply go about doing their government jobs as they are supposed to, working not for trump, but for our country. When hannity cries out about the “deep state,” he is really referring to the career professionals who do their jobs without…

Thucydides would like a word about that victors thing...

There were plenty of people who opposed slavery in the late 18th century, especially as practiced in the Americas. Also, have a look at Bartolome de las Casas’s writings. By no means a saint himself, but just as much a product of his time in condemning European imperialism in the 1500s.

I rewatch my dvds once a year or so, and it is eerie that no matter what year it is, B5 seems very relavant. Xenophobia, news manipulation, government propaganda - always fits something going on in the world.

You should read the Mayer piece. It convinced me that maybe there was more to it. I read an opinion piece in the post that seems very similar to Esther’s blog here. I agreed, and thought, “seriously Franken.” I had a bit of a different take after reading the articles. Mayer (a great investigative journalist) has…

In most cases, yes. In this case, Tweeden has done quite well for herself. That always seems to be the difference when a Rep. is accused vs. a Dem.

I was unaware of who she was. This is Mayer of Dark Money fame writing this. Tweeden turns out to be very sketchy, and why isn’t Esther talking about the context of the photo - a re-enactment of a skit they did many times on stage. She lied about it being only sent to her. She lied about it being taken on Dec 24th.…

I was unaware of who she was. This is Mayer of Dark Money fame writing this. Tweeden turns out to be very sketchy, and why isn’t Esther talking about the context of the photo - a re-enactment of a skit they did many times on stage. She lied about it being only sent to her. She lied about it being taken on Dec 24th.…

I am troubled by some of the things Mayer points out, and a bit troubled by Franken’s seeming obtuseness to how his actions impacted others. But Esther, I believe you have given Mayer’s article a bit of short shrift. I get it, that is the nature of a blog. But you are leaving out that Jane Mayer is a VERY respected…

Mainly under Erdogan. He thought he could parlay the collapse of Iraq and Arab spring in Syria into him leading Turkey away from secularism toward becoming the big Islamic power in the neighborhood. Given the realities, I would argue. this was not a very smart strategy. Because Turkey has had a rather autocratic…

Bye. Vaya con Dios.

$100 says he has a “tribal” tatoo.

Made of hemp AND bamboo!

Though are Plaza’s eyeballs really that big (thinking Mad Hatter scene), or is there some CGI involved?

I don’t know if it is as much a double-standard as it is simply following its characters. This show’s strength has been to keep the viewer off-balance and not to reward us for lining up behind one or another character. Whenever we do that, we are ultimately dissapointed. No one is clean, here, and everyone has their…