“The Dutch House” Ann Patchett This is a huge bestseller, and deservedly so. Most of the big sellers today are genre books, mysteries, thrillers and lowbrow stuff that cannot be recommended. But “The Dutch House” is a good old-fashioned story, about people and their lives. And just like real life, everything doesn’t always work out. […]

There’s an amazing story on the “New York Times” app: “Trump Won the Internet. Democrats Are Scrambling to Take It Back. – In the era of big data, memes and disinformation, the Democrats are trying to regain their digital edge as the president and his loyalists dictate the term of the debate” Bottom line? There’s […]

The biggest story in TV this week is “The Tiger King,” the seven part Netflix documentary that might look unappealing if you’re not a big cat aficionado, but the people are so whacked, you cannot take your eyes off it. The funniest thing is this was all happening under our noses and we were unaware […]

Nobody on the road Nobody on the beach “The Boys Of Summer” Don Henley Are you bored yet? There was certainly no one on the road yesterday. The 405 south was a ghost land. However, on the way back up the hill there was traffic, because it’s raining. It hadn’t rained since January 1st, now […]