It ain’t easy being a liberal arts teacher at a design school. What you try to convey is an introduction to cultural concerns, or perhaps an invitation to use critical and appreciative …
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Mike Fink
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1/31/19
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It used to be that documentaries didn’t draw crowds to cinemas, but that’s changed. Now they’re often the best surprises of the year.
This past year, I …
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Mike Fink
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1/10/19
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One of the pleasures of passing beyond the security of the middle years allotted to us is giving full voice to your petty grievances with hopes that they will be listened to, respected, even …
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Mike Fink
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12/20/18
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Boys of my generation pretty much stayed put. We invented the idea of “staycation,” if not the word itself. Tires and gas were rationed, and even train travel was reserved for GIs. …
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Mike Fink
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10/25/18
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I guess this year I’m going to claim Sukkot as my favorite holiday. We didn’t observe it when I was a boy, but when my own children were growing up, I rediscovered this …
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Mike Fink
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9/20/18
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I’d been planning this project for many a season – a poetic pilgrimage, a mission impossible – to visit the graves of two heroic Scandinavian figures who left no legacy in ash …
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Mike Fink
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9/7/18
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It’s midsummer and the dog days are upon us. A nice air-conditioned cinema showing an excellent documentary can make that heat much more bearable.
“Won’t You Be My …
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Mike Fink
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8/9/18
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The numbers on our street don’t make obvious sense: our house hides in plain view. When those trucks bearing cartons have a delivery for number 12, the drivers give up in despair and …
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Mike Fink
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5/27/18
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Through amazon.com – not a bookstore – I was able to access “The ‘Normal’ Child,” the self-published autobiography of an old acquaintance, Cindy Halpern. …
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Mike Fink
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4/19/18
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Somehow a Florida golf ball found its way into my minimal luggage. I took it out on a whim and briefly bounced it among my receipts on my accountant’s table as I reviewed the events of the …
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Mike Fink
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3/14/18
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