Year: 2015

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Haskell Wexler, RIP

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On December 27, 2015
Haskell Wexler, the great cinematographer, has died at the age of 93. He worked on so many films, but for me, and for himself actually, his finest achievement was directing (and of course shooting) the wonderful Medium Cool. Here is the beginning of that film. Since it’s that kind of day, let people also discuss […]
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Faculty at the University of Washington are considering unionizing, the only sensible move for faculty around the nation. Unsurprisingly, the Seattle Times is opposed to it. Unfortunately, from what I understand from a couple of sources, these arguments against unionization, especially that UW promotes its administration from within and thus we are all on the […]
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Today in the New Gilded Age

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On December 26, 2015
Sheldon Adelson buys newspaper to plant fake stories about a judge with the temerity to try to enforce the law against Sheldon Adelson. I also like this detail about the fake journalist created by Adelson’s lackey to plant the story: Edward Clarkin holds himself out to be a reporter for the New Britain Herald, a […]
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A Climate Change Christmas

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On December 25, 2015
Did everyone enjoy wearing shorts and t-shirts in the Northeast on Christmas Eve yesterday? Yeah, that’s just great. Of course, such freakish temperatures are not entirely about climate change–El Niño and luck are part of it too–but they are indeed about climate change as 2015 sets another record for the world’s warmest year on record. […]
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