This and That

School Humor
Humor by Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe: Up the Down Staircase 2022.
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The End Of Movies?
I find Russ Douthat’s politics repulsive, but his cultural commentary is typically thoughtful and on the nose: We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies
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Passports
We all know “facts” that persist in the popular mind long after they are disproved. “Only 10% of Americans have passports” was one of these. Turns our the actual figure is 40%; still low compared to Canada’s 66 and the U.K.’s 76. No wonder we’re so parochial.

Comments

[Robert E. Malchman]

How does one pronounce that guy's name? Do-that? Doot-hat? Dow-that? Doubt-hat? dow-Thay?

I usually just settle by calling him "Asshat." It captures his essence.