COWBOY CARTEL This is an imperfect documentary from 2024 but I recommend you watch it. Because the IRS helped bring down the Zetas and now it’s been crippled. All this institutional expertise eviscerated. But you can love “Cowboy Cartel” without being a lefty. Turns out the Zetas, a legendary Mexican drug cartel, are laundering their […]

“Notes to John”: https://shorturl.at/PJFLg 1 This is an utterly astounding book that should be read by everybody. I must admit, I am not a huge Joan Didion fan. I loved “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” but found “Play It As It Lays” flat. As for the vaunted books thereafter, I found them dense and mannered and thought […]

https://t.ly/tU5nO The first section of this book is positively mesmerizing. I’m not sure I’ve seen this situation detailed so well previously, at least not recently. You know how it is, when you feel a connection. And you wonder if they feel it too. There hasn’t been any conversation about it. You’re twisting in the wind, […]

“Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again”: https://shorturl.at/ICCaY This is a riveting read. But I didn’t learn much. Regarding the facts. But aging and personalities? Maybe it’s my personality, always looking for the negative in myself. Seeing where I falter. This makes me strive to be better, but […]