More Republican hypocrisy on IVF

Overturning Roe set the stage for the IVF ban. Republicans own this.

Mr. Trash Wheel will be in a book!

Jackson Holliday was not the consensus top draft pick in 2022

The Orioles deserve a lot of credit for picking him with the first pick. They have also done a great job of preparing him for the majors.

Most people, me included, would have picked Druw Jones. Holliday is now the #1 prospect in the minors while Jones is #78 on MLB Pipeline. Holliday has a good chance to be on the opening day roster.

Here are articles from 2022 before the draft:

CBS Sports – 2022 MLB Mock Draft: Orioles take Termarr Johnson with No. 1 pick

2022 MLB Draft Top 100 prospects: Keith Law’s final rankings ahead of Round 1 (He had Jones 1 and Holliday 6

MLB Pipeline: Final MLB Mock Draft 2022 (Both writers had Jones 1 and Holliday 2)

Baseball America

Sportsnaut

CBS analysis of the picks

Jones went second. CBS states: Jones, whose father Andruw is a borderline Hall of Famer, was in the running for the top spot entering the spring. He’s since emerged as the industry’s preferred choice.

Luis Bunuel was a great film director

Bunuel was a surrealist in the 20’s, made films in Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s, made one film in his native Spain in the 1960s which was banned there and finally made films in Europe (mostly in French) with prominent actors.

I would start with Nazarin (1959), Viridiana (1961) The Exterminating Angel (1962) and Tristana (1970), three of his more accessible films.

Then I would move on to The Milky Way (1969), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), and The Phantom of Liberty (1974).

What a great career. Bunuel had a wicked sense of humor. I remember the cross that folded out into a knife in The Exterminating Angel

I have watched some of his lesser-known Mexican films and recommend El (1953) and The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955).

BFI on where to begin with Bunuel

El has never been issued on any US DVD or Blu-ray.

Republicans own the extremist Alabama IVF ruling

The media has not emphasized that the judges are all Republicans. The Republican party owns this.

This one did it right:

Tweets on right-wing violence

The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.1/ A🧵on the danger.

— Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) 2025-06-15T20:43:30.114Z

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

I just watched the Blu-ray of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) this week. Fredric March deservedly won an Academy Award. Miriam Hopkins was excellent, too.

Satanic Hispanics

I recently watched Satanic Hispanics, a horror anthology, on Blu-ray. It’s worth checking out. I liked the vampire segment best. The zoom interview with the directors is a much better than usual extra on the disc.

Tweet on Andrew Sarris’s list of 25 cult films

Many of these are not cult films anymore. Vertigo was not available from 1968-1983 but is now second on the Sight & Sound 2022 poll of the best films. I have seen 15 of them. Most are now available on Blu-ray and/or DVD discs.

I strongly recommend The Big Heat, Gun Crazy, and Touch of Evil.

The New York Times Book Review on Larry McMurtry

This is a good column on where to start with Larry McMurtry. I have read some of his books – my favorite was All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers. I would also recommend Terms of Endearment and Moving On. To me, his strength was creating complex, believable characters. I saw his speak at Johns Hopkins University many years ago.

Another Times article on his books published after he died in 2021.