I spoke at our Armistice Day event on Thursday. We did one of these back in 2018, I read an excerpt from Robert Graves’ autobiography Goodbye To All That, and are hoping to do one each year moving forward. I read this Harry Leslie Smith essay about his decision, in his 90s, to no longer wear the poppy.
Worth Reading November
Wrasslin' 1989
I have begun putting my wrestling sheets on here as I move to consolidate my projects and writing off of social media. The 1989 sheet is now up with more to come.
Worth Reading September 2022
Howard Bryant on baseball and the Fourth of July.
Stuart Schrader on counter insurgency policing.
Kurt Schiller on The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.
Patrick Stewart on the wonderful legacy of David Warner. I will always be so fond of two Warner roles from my childhood: As a torturous Cardassian on Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Ra’s al Ghul on Batman The Animated Series. Oh, and Quest of the Delta Knights.
Ana Cecilia Alvarez on the films of Satoshi Kon.
CULTURE
I was on the CULTURE podcast last month to discuss Mercedes Varnado and Trinity Fatu walking out of WWE.
CULTURE
I was on the CULTURE podcast last month discussing the upcoming AEW pay per view.
Worth Reading July 2022
Melissa Gira Grant on stochastic terrorism for The New Republic.
Anthony Pappalardo on trans women in skateboarding.
To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apple II, Benj Edwards interviewed Steve Wozniak.
Liza Featherstone on working class suffragettes for Jacobin.