by Matthew Friedman | Sep 30, 2019 | Reviews, Television
I had a tear in my beer as I watched the conclusion of the Country Music documentary series on PBS last week. My Achy-breaky heart really went out to the creator and director of the series because it was just so hard to bear. I experienced a moment of profound...
by Matthew Friedman | Sep 24, 2019 | Commentary
I have been remembering high school this week, in the wake of the revelations of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s history of racist actions. And not fondly. As Matthew Barlow noted in The Typescript last week, “racism runs deep” in Canada, a reality that...
by Matthew Friedman | Sep 11, 2019 | Commentary, Politics
And they’re off! The Canadian election began this morning at about 10:00, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Governor General Julie Payette – Queen Elizabeth II’s representative in Canada – to dissolve Parliament and call for a new vote. All I can think of is...
by Matthew Friedman | Sep 4, 2019 | Essays
I. Zuccotti Park It started with a blinding light that flooded the encampment at Zuccotti Park at about 1:00 am on November 15, 2011. The angular shadow of the “Big Orange Thing” – Mark di Suvero’s ironically-titled sculpture “Joie de Vivre” – rippled in high-contrast...
