(Image Credit: Netflix) Eight minutes into Episode 1 of the documentary series on Netflix, titled “Losers”, and directed by Michael Duzyj, former WBO Heavyweight champion Michael Bentt, makes the shape of a pistol using his index and middle fingers before shoving them into his mouth. There is a pregnant pause for a few seconds before … Continue reading Losers: The Miscast Champion
Month: January 2021
Radical Humility: Essays on Ordinary Acts: Rebekah Modrak & Jamie Vander Broek
“Radical Humility” edited by artist and writer, Rebekah Modrak and Jamie Vander Broek, art librarian at the University of Michigan, is a “feel good” assemblage of essays penned by an eclectic agglomeration of authors. One common theme unifying these contributions is the notion of humility. Thus we have, among others, philosophers evoking the Socratic principle … Continue reading Radical Humility: Essays on Ordinary Acts: Rebekah Modrak & Jamie Vander Broek
The Dainty Damsel
With a dazzling smile, dainty looks and pearls for teeth She made men's heads turn and girlfriends to seethe Lithe and languid was the very epitome of elegance Grace was the word that captured her very essence A classy woman who exuded perpetual style That charmed and lured only to beguile (Word Count: 51) Sammi … Continue reading The Dainty Damsel
Let Me Tell You What I Mean: Joan Didion
Juxtaposing wicked wit with admirable irreverence, “Let Me Tell You What I Mean” - representing twelve previously uncollected essays - is Joan Didion at her inimitable best. The oldest and the most recent essay contained within the book are separated by more than three decades, and yet in terms of candor and vigour alike, they … Continue reading Let Me Tell You What I Mean: Joan Didion
Joe Biden: The Life, The Run and What Matters Now – Evan Osnos
A cross between a memoir and a campaign manifesto, “Joe Biden” by Evan Osnos is an engaging book of interlude. An interlude that spans more than three decades and separates two presidential bids, extreme in both their outcome and impact. At the time of going to the press, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr was yet to … Continue reading Joe Biden: The Life, The Run and What Matters Now – Evan Osnos
Averting Catastrophe: Decision Theory for COVID-19, Climate Change, and Potential Disasters of all Kinds – Cass R. Sunstein
Bestselling author Cass Sunstein in his short, albeit interesting work, attempts to amalgamate the process of regulation with the science of decision theory, with a view to arriving at solutions for improbable occurrences that leave decision makers totally unprepared, such as pandemics and climate change. Underpinning Sunstein’s overarching proposal, is the maximin principle which advocates … Continue reading Averting Catastrophe: Decision Theory for COVID-19, Climate Change, and Potential Disasters of all Kinds – Cass R. Sunstein
Time
Arson, looting, and destruction of public property all in the name of taking sides Prospects of peace become bleak as wounded time past us slowly glides Humanity needs to take just one action Designate solidarity as the only faction. (Word Count: 39) Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt #193
Red Baron: A Photographic Album of The First World War’s Greatest Ace, Manfred Von Richthofen – Terry C. Treadwell
A convoluted arrangement of crisscross treaties malevolently kicked in when Gavril Princip, a Bosnian Serb member of Young Bosnia - in seeking an end to Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina - assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the Archduke's wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Thus, began … Continue reading Red Baron: A Photographic Album of The First World War’s Greatest Ace, Manfred Von Richthofen – Terry C. Treadwell
The Philosophy of Interludes
(Image Credit: BCCI TV) Inglorious epitaphs were penned when India folded up in spectacular fashion for a paltry 36 in Adelaide. Exactly a month following this debacle, epigrammatic paeans are being scripted, some by the same scathing pens, as India has incredibly managed to not just come back from the dead, but also inflict upon … Continue reading The Philosophy of Interludes
Pataudi: nawab of cricket – edited by Suresh Menon
Former England captain, the late Trevor Bailey, once predicted that the ninth Nawab of Pataudi would turn out to be as prodigious and incandescent as Sir Garfield Sobers. As a school boy at Winchester, this talented son of an illustrious father (Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, along with Ranjitsinhji and Duleepsinhji were the only cricketers to … Continue reading Pataudi: nawab of cricket – edited by Suresh Menon