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Mailbag-Nick/Nova/JD/JB/Books…

Re: Nick Gravenities Thanks for paying tribute to Nick. I have a lot of great memories of Nick. It’s interesting that he has a current album out. I’m honored to have played on it while remembering rehearsing with Nick in his parents basement in Chicago in the early 60s. So much happened between then and […]

“The Apprentice” Movie

www.theapprenticemovie.com The first half is fantastic. This is not the film I thought it would be. I figured it would be a left wing takedown, a la Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11,” a movie trumpeted by the left, released just before the 2004 election, but despite the flick’s condemnation, Bush ended up winning the presidency anyway. […]

Re-Nova Festival Exhibition

Dear Bob, I can’t thank you enough for covering the Nova exhibition—your column was outstanding. As the son of a Holocaust survivor who endured Auschwitz and Buchenwald, I traveled to Israel this past December to witness firsthand the horrors of the October 7th attacks. I visited Kibbutz Nir Oz, the Nova Festival site, and other […]

Don’t React To The Snapshot

How much impact does Taylor Swift coming out for Harris have today? As a matter of fact, “The Washington Post” thinks Bad Bunny would have a bigger effect. “The pop star endorsement that could really sing the election? Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican superstar has a huge voice and a ton of influence — especially […]