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I wrote this on a retreat in September of 2011. “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” An idiom that symbolizes the idea that one and one’s offspring may not be all that different from one another. The nuclear family is the central piece of this idiom and so it’s fair to say that it’s probably rooted in Western tradition. If it were Eastern, it may not focus on the individual apple and the individual tree – because villages, and extended families raise children in Africa and Asia.

This week the Washington Post has done something exceptional, controversial, and strongly in the public interest. It showed exactly how human bodies, including the torsos and heads of little children, are blown apart by bullets from AR-15 rifles. That is in the Post’s online graphic feature, here, which went up two days ago. It includes detailed animations of the series of wounds that killed two students, six-year-old Noah Pozner in Newtown CT, and 15-year-old Peter Wang in Parkland FL.

I’ll be honest: I watched Good Grief, Dan Levy’s first foray into directing, because of Kris Knight’s paintings. I get a thrill watching movies to see what a character has hung on their walls, and even more so when it’s an artist I know. January 13, 2024 Paintings play a large role in Good Grief. Two of the most moving monologues in the movie are accompanied by shots of paintings.

I am starting an ongoing photo essay series to feature the different religious propaganda I receive from the Black and Brown aunties and grannies evangelizing around the Bronx. I love walking around my neighborhood and seeing the different religious groups that live and organize within the community, including various Christian and Muslim groups that run weekly food pantries. These groups are instrumental to understanding this borough, especially our immigrant communities. Most often, I interact—when I am not quick enough to hide when they are in my building hallway or lobby—with Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Hasard Lee is a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with combat experience in Afghanistan. He now runs a successful YouTube channel and continues to fly the F-35 fighter and teach student pilots in the Air National Guard. His new book is The Art of Clear Thinking: A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions, available now everywhere. Join me for an amazing and inspiring conversation with this brilliant pilot, teacher, and writer.

In the fall of 1991, I saw Cool As Ice in a movie theater. I don’t know why. I wasn’t a Vanilla Ice fan. But my friends wanted to see it, so I went along. It was terrible. It has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 6%. It earned just $1.2 million at the box office, and cost $6 million to make. But it was gorgeous to look at. As we left the theater, I said to my friends, “That movie should be nominated for an Oscar for Best Cinematography.

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Good Morning, The Mets are bringing back Michael Pérez on a minor league deal, and the timing of this news is perfect. Today, I will answer a subscriber question by diving into the art of catcher framing. 📬 FROM JONATHAN: Pitch framing is one of those skills that seems to get touted, but I’ve never known what to look for when watching a game. I don’t recall seeing a great pitch frame highlighted on Sportscenter.

Karri Suh has very lucky friends and neighbors in Sylvan Park in West Nashville. She’s a hobby baker, which means she bakes in her free time for the joy of it, and often ends up with too much cake or too many cookies for herself and her husband. That’s when friends, neighbors, and others who find her on Instagram get to sample professional-looking and tasting cakes, pastries, and pies geared to a theme or the season.