that is what’s so remarkable to me about this movie. it does everything to strip away the movie star gloss from Paul Newman. 20 minutes in you’re fully convinced that this guy is just the most miserable person on the planet. a guy who is barely alive and is clearly trying to drink himself to death

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man james mason is a real piece of shit in this one

i’ve seen it!

sidney lumeting it tonight

Suicide rates are lower in U.S. counties with more health insurance coverage and broadband internet access and higher income, a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis suggests.

Insurance, income, internet linked to lower suicide rates in new analysis

The CDC report found that counties with the most health insurance had a 26 percent lower suicide rate than counties with the lowest levels of three community factors.

the dude is a reporter informed by history, social science and moral philosophy, and writes with a tremendous amount of nuance. the thing though is that he’s not going to lie to you or tell you the story you want to hear

and i’ll say, reading the book, that it is interesting how the mainstream has deemed coates a writer about “identity” and will try to dismiss him by saying he is only interested in “moral clarity” and not “nuance,” but this book is a reminder that this is bullshit

reading the new coates and it feels very indebted to DuBois’ 1920 memoir “Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil”

harris has been doing events every day. what are you talking about?