Jaws at 50

Steven Spielberg's Jaws premiered 50 years ago today.

The Vineyard Gazette newspaper and Martha's Vineyard Museum feature special news coverage and exhibits about how Spielberg, the cast, Bruce the mechanical shark, and many other aspects of the blockbuster came together in the summer of 1974.

No Kings Rally

 

Amazon Loot

Loot it for social justice.

Baby

Memorial Day

Do you remember . . .

. . . how much America has changed in 50 years?

Conclave

Bleeding Hearts

Easter Sunday in Connecticut – 1962

Whip It

Whip it good.

The Mind-Body Problem

Boom!

Wow, but was it the Bronx Bombers or their new torpedo bats?

Spring!

Post Office Creed

Most know the intrepid creed of the United States Postal Service, engraved in the entablature of its former headquarters on Eighth Avenue across from Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

Yet when I tried to mail a package today at my local PO, the door was locked and the lights were off.

Technical difficulties?

Divinity

U.S. Department of Education

British Summer Time

Woof! Meow!

DOGE

Love

Second Opinion

Dick Button, RIP

Dick Button, dead at 95.

Inauguration

Biden Agonistes

"Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation, enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit." ~ Joe Biden, Farewell Address from the Oval Office in the White House, January 15, 2025

Three Hard Truths About California’s Fire Crisis

Three Hard Truths About California’s Fire Crisis – Claire Lehmann, Quillette

"We must acknowledge three uncomfortable truths. Climate change makes fires more dangerous. Government competence matters. And preventing catastrophic fires requires expensive, politically unpopular measures. Such measures include burying lines despite the cost, restricting development in fire-prone areas despite property rights concerns, and regular prescribed burns despite air quality complaints."

New Year's Resolutions