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The Good, Hard Work of “Hail, Caesar!”

The Coen Brothers’ new movie, Hail, Caesar!, shows you the man behind the curtain at a Hollywood studio. Set during the 1950’s, the story involves Josh Brolin’s “Everyman”, Eddie Mannix, which is also a fortuitous alliteration. The first shot of the film shows Eddie deep in remorse, alone in a Confessional. He has failed to…
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Tales from the Plague: Surge One, Nursing Heroes.

By S.E. Barcus That first patient we got in our country? We did everything right. We were so proud. Yet with hindsight, we along with everyone else squandered the next month that we could have spent preparing. If only we had better leadership. (Trump: “The 15 within a couple of days is going to…
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Taste the Cleve, America

Wonderful! A World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs is a Series between two North Coast teams that have each suffered for such a long time. Whoever wins, it will make many of us sports fans – who tend to root for underdogs – happy. (Those of you who “like a winner”…
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The Turkey — Ben Franklin’s National Bird

Benjamin Franklin’s national bird as a turkey, with it on the Great Seal of the UInited States.
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SUNDAY COMIC: BOYCOTTS ARE NOT CENSORSHIP

While you are most definitely fired, might I suggest joining with Pepe and clownface-emoji … and Elon Musk, turns out….
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Sunday Comic: Merry Christmas

And he, himself … the Grinch … carved the roast Beast.… S.E. Barcus is also on Facebook.
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Sunday (AI) Comic: the Early Bird and the Nightowl

Message to all of you military types, to the fishermen, and the farmers, and all those kids who deliver Sunday morning papers…. To the early-service-7-am-church-going types, and all of you insane chipper folks who jog before work! To all of you, we say — “For too long have we let you ruin our lives! We…


