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Fred Schruers

Fred Schruers

Brits To the Rescue: "Slow Horses" Remounts With Elan

Brits To the Rescue: "Slow Horses" Remounts With Elan

Is there anything more modern—after the now-requisite whinging about the price of everything—than exchanging notes with our fellow cyber-citizens about what to stream? It’s the kind of thing that can take a dinner party (you know, those formerly regular gatherings of like-minded persons to compare dietary restrictions)

The film says: “It Ends With Us”; The Cast Says, “Don’t You Start With Me”

The film says: “It Ends With Us”; The Cast Says, “Don’t You Start With Me”

One thing I can tell you, that Blake Lively sure can swim. Before we get into the squabbling referenced in the headline above, let’s just be clear on that. It’s a minor part of a skill set that’s making her a full-on star the old-fashioned way—she’

White Boy In the Hood…the Day After Dr. King Was Slain

White Boy In the Hood…the Day After Dr. King Was Slain

It was about half past eight in the morning of April 5, 1968, when the young white woman rushed into our college Religion class. I identify her as such because of what she said next. The words came out in a tumble but the context was obvious. The night before,

"We'll Sleep When We're Dead!" Tim Walz, Warren Zevon and Tenderness On the Block

"We'll Sleep When We're Dead!" Tim Walz, Warren Zevon and Tenderness On the Block

Look at him there, all but skipping across the stage in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He seems ready to deal with whatever comes next, including taunting his opposite-number VP candidate JD Vance in a debate CBS has proffered: “See you October, 1, JD,” Walz tossed out, and now it’s booked.

Dystopia Comes to the Stadium

Dystopia Comes to the Stadium

To be sure, we live in distressing times. We’ve been in entropy’s grip ever more frighteningly since January 6—as Trump feasibly plans a 2025 re-iteration--and it took the grim events of October 7 and beyond to catastrophically highlight the depths of man’s inhumanity to man. (And

“It’s All Just So Weird ”: The Resistible Rise of J.D. Vance

“It’s All Just So Weird ”: The Resistible Rise of J.D. Vance

For what reason is a man likely to step over the line? I answered, “Ambition, love, fear, money.” From “All the King’s Men” by Robert Penn Warren Even in his current state as the picture next to the word “hypocrite” in the dictionary, Donald Trump’s choice for vice-presidential

I'm So Bored With the Bourgeoisie (i.e., A Tout for "Blue Lights")

I'm So Bored With the Bourgeoisie (i.e., A Tout for "Blue Lights")

No, I haven’t gone Marxist and abandoned the corporate capitalism model that’s made us all so happy. After all, we boast the world’s most onerous income inequality. And we’re looking at the potential election of a porcine thug who blithely lies, cheats, sexually assaults women and