by Piper Bayard | Feb 22, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes Hi, Samuel. Thank you for your thoughtful response. You covered many topics. Let me start with your two questions: What kind of situation is the world in for in the immediate future? What changes can be made to our foreign policy to assure peaceful and...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 21, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes This is in response to “mr blue,” who asked last Monday, “So what countries currently have the biggest impact in Egypt besides the Egyptians?” First Mr. Blue, take a deep breath. Except in Las Vegas, blue is not a good color for...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 14, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
Egyptians have been busy. In the last three weeks, they’ve ousted a ruler of almost three decades, they’ve seen their military dissolve parliament, and they have heartened anti-government protests in Yemen and Algeria. In today’s global society, such...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 31, 2011 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes By popular request, Holmes and I went to see The Mechanic, a film about a hit man who kills his friend, and then takes in his friend’s son as his protégé. Jason Statham stars as Arthur Bishop, the hit man, and Ben Foster plays Steve...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 24, 2011 | Apocalypse
Last week, I was reading The Road. It reminded me of unemployment and got me thinking about going vegetarian. Since then, I’ve worked a bit of meat back into my diet, but I think cuts with bones may always give me pause. Anyway, the unemployment road isn’t quite...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 19, 2011 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes Black Swan is a psychodrama about a ballet dancer, Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman), who flips out in her quest for perfection. By popular request, Holmes and I recently went to see it so we could give you a review from the perspective of...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 17, 2011 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard I’m reading The Road. Not only is it making me seriously consider becoming a vegetarian, it’s striking me as an extreme form of the personal apocalypse a lot of folks are facing right now. Unemployment. Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee...
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