“All them terrible movies”
“Elvis, how come you ended up in all them terrible movies?”
J. Michael Luttig, speaking
Retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig has explained why he spoke so slowly at Thursday’s hearing of the January 6 committee.
Potlatch, anyone?
Ian Frazier, writing in The New Yorker about cabin fever, recalls a time, forty years ago, when he lived in the rural isolation of northwest Montana.
Alan and Perlman
Alan Alda talking with his friend Itzhak Perlman, at the 92nd Street Y and in Perlman’s kitchen.
“Medium talk”
Larry David: “I’m trying to elevate small talk to medium talk.”
Randolph Bourne on discussion
“A good discussion increases the dimensions of every one who takes part.”
Deep talk v. small talk
One is better for you