Constantine Manos (1934–2025)
Constantine “Costa” Manos was an American photographer known for his images of Boston and Greece. He was a member of Magnum Photos. Manos, the son of Greek immigrant parents, was …
Long-Time Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Cartoon Criticizing Amazon Killed
Ann Telnaes writing on Substack: I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist. I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations—and some differences—about cartoons I have submitted …
Thoughts on Diaspora Jewry
Playwright and film director David Mamet (b. 1947) writing in The Wall Street Journal: We Jews have been the world’s foster children—homeless for 2,000 years, and thus powerless but to accept …
Costco Wine
I enjoy the value Costco provides and just discovered the Costco Wine Blog, edited by Andrew Cullen. The blog is a great resource if you’re in the market for wine …
Elon Musk Targeting Ordinary Federal Civil Servants by Name on X
WSJ: Musk has escalated from targeting government agencies to singling out individuals—sparking his online army of followers to launch blistering critiques of ordinary federal employees. One recent post by the …
How Important is Photo Sharing?
Alan writing on his photography blog entitled Magherally Lens questions why he wants to share images and links to the following video explaining in under ten minutes that Vivian Maier …
Antisemitism Has a Long History
Judith Davis writing in The Times of Israel: Israel could stop waging war against terrorism tomorrow and the antisemites would still gleefully hunt Jews around the world. They’ve been doing …
A Former Spy Analyzes Spy Films
In this video, Olivier Mas, a former French spy, explains how realistic or unrealistic popular spy films and TV series are: The video features lots of great spy movies and …
Neon Museum, Las Vegas
The Neon Museum in Las Vegas features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors on a 2.27 acre campus. The Neon Museum has an outdoor exhibition space known …