There are usually many sides to a story. The documentary “All We Carry” presents one side focusing on the suffering of thousands of migrants streaming towards the United States border somehow believing they are by rights entitled to entry and a life in the United States. Magdiel, Mirna and their child Joshua are self-described EvangelicalContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “All We Carry”: Fairytale, Fantasy and Playing the USA Migrant Game?”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS Literature: The Fork on the Road (Vonnegut)
“Every child older than six knew the fork, and knew what the good guys did here, and what the bad guys did here. The fork was a familiar one in folk tales the world over, and the good guys and the bad guys, whether in chaps, breechclouts, serapes, leopardskins or banker’s grey pinstripes, all separatedContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Fork on the Road (Vonnegut)”
RKS Literature: What Are Public Relations? (Vonnegut)
“Please, what are public relations?” said Kashdrahr. “That profession, “said Haylard, quoting by memory from the Manual, “that profession specializing in the cultivation, by applied psychology in mass communication media, of favorable public opinion with regard to controversial issues and institutions, without being offensive to anyone of importance, and the continued stability of the economyContinue reading “RKS Literature: What Are Public Relations? (Vonnegut)”
RKS 2024 Film: “East Bay”: A Parade of the Mostly Lost
“East Bay” opens with 39-year-old Jack Lee (Daniel Yoon) lamenting his lack of life and filmmaking success from his childhood to the present day. As a child he desperately prayed to God to make him successful. We watch God, an elder bearded Caucasian, throughout the film snickering at the misguided humans and at one pointContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “East Bay”: A Parade of the Mostly Lost”
RKS 2024 Wine: Puente Austral Reserva Privada 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile
The wine is from the Colchagua Valley in Chile which has evolved in the last 15 years from a quiet stretch of farmland into one of Chile’s largest and most active wine-producing wine regions. The relatively low elevation of the coastal hills allows the Pacific breezes to interplay with the Andean winds extending the region’sContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Puente Austral Reserva Privada 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile”
RKS Literature: Proper Corporate Drinking (Vonnegut)
“There wasn’t the inimitable hoarseness of an honest-to-God drunk in the lot. It was unthinkable that there was a man in the saloon without a glass in his hand, but it was also unlikely that many men would have their glass filled more than twice. They didn’t drink at the Meadows now the way thatContinue reading “RKS Literature: Proper Corporate Drinking (Vonnegut)”
RKS Literature: Proper Corporate Drinking (Vonnegut)
“There wasn’t the inimitable hoarseness of an honest-to-God drunk in the lot. It was unthinkable that there was a man in the saloon without a glass in his hand, but it was also unlikely that many men would have their glass filled more than twice. They didn’t drink at the Meadows now the way thatContinue reading “RKS Literature: Proper Corporate Drinking (Vonnegut)”
RKS Literature: War and Greatness (Vonnegut)
“There is something about war that brings out greatness. I hate to say that, but it’s true. Of course, maybe that’s because you can get great so quick in a war. Just one damn fool thing for a couple of seconds, and you’re great. I could be the greatest barber in the world, and maybeContinue reading “RKS Literature: War and Greatness (Vonnegut)”
The Great Toronto Tim Hortons Near Riot!
On 26March2024 I received an e-mail from “Your Friends at Yorkdale VW” showing how much they appreciated me being part of the VW family. Golly as Sally Field once said at the Oscars, “You really love me!” So nice to be loved by a large German corporation! I was so loved an offer was madeContinue reading “The Great Toronto Tim Hortons Near Riot!”
RKS 2024 Wine: A Failed Recovery Attempt from a New Zealand Pinot Noir Disaster
The last Zealie Pinot Noir I tried was bordering on undrinkable as it “stunk” of oak. New Zealand, in my past experiences, does much better than a stinky Pinot Noir! So hopefully it is redemption time with a Paper Road 2021 Pinot Noir from Borthwick Vineyards family owned and established in 1996. Ancient stony, alluvialContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Failed Recovery Attempt from a New Zealand Pinot Noir Disaster”
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