Documentary about actress Louise Brooks on YouTube

Start with Pandora’s Box (1929) a great silent film in which she plays Lulu. It would certainly be on my list of top ten silent films. The great Criterion Collection two-disc DVD version is out of print. I posted a link to a version on YouTube. I assume it’s in the public domain by now.

She wrote a book that was published in 1982. I also added the review from the New York Times.

Republican hypocrisy on states rights

This applies to guns, too. The Supreme Court is likely to make it easier to carry guns in an upcoming decision on a New York law. They are getting their right-wing Supreme Court to do the work they can’t get done in a Congress where they are the minority.

DeSantis’s terrible attacks if he doesn’t like their views

This started with his attack on Disney World.

Experts on impact of redistricting

The bottom line is that blue state judges supported fairness and red state judges supported Republican gerrymandering. It’s not an even fight.

50th anniversary of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

I saw this great film in a theater when it was new. It’s available on as part of a Blu-ray disc set from the Criterion Collection

Tweets on gun statistics

The U.S. leads in gun deaths and gun ownership

Time to put an end to this

Don’t forget about the Buffalo mass shooting

The Uvalde mass shooting is terrible but let’s not forget the Buffalo mass shooting that also was recent.

This is bad – the motel room used by the Alabama fugitives has a waiting list

Disgusting