Memorandums from Mary
Friday, March 8, 2024
Trump’s Fence Was a Dumb Idea
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Scene from The Great Wall (with Matt Damon). In the 2016 film, the Great Wall was built not to keep out Huns, but to keep out monsters. Rule...
Monday, February 19, 2024
It’s a Puzzlement
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I’ve been trying to figure out since 2016 why Americans would vote for Donald Trump. In 1966’s The King and I, King Mongkut of Siam (Yul Br...
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Tobacco Wives and King’s Daughters
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Buck Wyatt (Robert Taylor, right) and Roy Whitman (John McIntire, left) greet a room of potential “mail order” brides in a Westward the Wom...
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Wealth and Cultural Identity
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A representation of Metacomet, Metacom or King Philip (as he was variously known), as drawn by Paul Revere . In her book, The Name of War: K...
Thursday, January 25, 2024
“Giving Their All” for America
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A 1948 Shmoo clock (with store display) from Lux Clock Company. According to a Harlan Ellison (author, 1934-2018) article, “Shmoo Goes The...
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