Law, Power, and Justice

Friday 7 July 2023

Belarus is admitting it has fields with tents in them, ready, but arguing that there are NO WAGNER TROOPS THERE. OK.

Almost no news coverage of the Israeli attack on the Benin refugee camp (which contains people’s permanent homes).

Another night of endless Trump legal trivia on the corporate media. I wish we had a news channel. I want one run by Elie Mystal and Keith Olberman.

Will be back later. Reading “Laura” by Vera Caspary. Made into film with Gene Tierney.

I do a “Novel to Classic Movie” series for the public library. We choose a theme and then get four novels turned into classic movies. This series was put together because participants wanted to talk about crime. So, we are discussing and watching Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, The Razor’s Edge and Dragonwyck. We meet on Tuesdays to discuss the novel, then watch the film together on Thursday and discuss afterward (usually over drinks).

I put out a newsletter about the series if you would like to follow along in the discussion, or participate in it. That would be great. Christinajjohns@icloud.com