Mariana Mazzucato: A New Capitalism

From an article the in the New York Times November, 27, 2020 An ‘Electrifying’ Economist’s Guide to the Recovery “Ostensibly, her mission is to reimagine…

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James Corden Learns about White Privilege

James Corden has a new segment on the Late Late Show, and one night this week, this was the third thing.   Share This:

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Will We Come Back to Football When This All Ends?

From Rory Smith’s Newsletter March 20, 2020 “Routines switch, interests wane. Perhaps, as more of the world enters lockdown, other activities will not be available,…

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Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Rulins

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Family Newsletter 2019

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Origins of the Name Jamaica Plain

We are now living in JP (Jamaica Plain) a neighbourhood of Boston. Here is how it got its name: In the late 17th century, the…

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Poverty – An American Shame

As AI and other developments lead us to talk about what happens when work disappears, another debate that predates this one, is the continuing high…

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The Hacking of America – Jill Lepore –

Given all the empty positive talk that we are fed on a daily basis, and given all the lies and generalizations, it seems like the…

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Big News for Me

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Scott Adams – Predicting Trump

Alex Beam in the Boston Globe today, highlighted Scott Adams’ (the creator of Dilbert) prediction in in his blog August 2015 that the “Clown Genius,”…

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