Outrageous statements by Iran\’s president calling for Israel\’s destruction put Iran back on the front page for a few days in October. Such belicose rhetoric should surprise no one; the destruction of Israel has been Iranian state policy since the 1979 revolution.
Centrism seems to have its moment in the sun when there is a problem to be solved that the main parties cannot address and when one or more of the leading parties is rife with extremism.
Here in Los Angeles, our services are more important than our dates. (I learned this the hard way by dating my mechanic\’s assistant — a budding screenwriter — and soon had to find a new mechanic. Not worth it.)
One thing that stands out is this: Hollywood is making Westerns again, but this time, the Indians are Arab.\n\nI\’m not talking about the early Hollywood Indian — a cartoon bad guy or buffoon who spoke pigeon English and was played by a white guy.
Darkness is frightening. It is the realm of uncertainty, with everything enveloped in a state of unified oblivion. The world we call \”real\” — based on substance, physical existence and visible actuality — is nullified by the blackness of night.
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