Sunday, September 16, 2012

Tumblring in Washington, DC

I happened to find myself in Washington DC this past week, as 9/11 bled into the horrifying murders of Ambassador Chris Stevens, information officer Sean Smith, security specialist Glenn Doherty and a fourth American whose name I don't think has been released. Except for a quick visit to the Library...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

"Out of the Clear Blue Sky": The Story of Cantor Fitzgerald and 9/11

In August I attended some of the DocuDays films at IFC, and one that has stayed with me is Out of the Clear Blue Sky: it's an insider's look at the story of Cantor Fitzgerald and 9/11. With the distance of 10 years it tells the sad, unique story of this company and how people have picked up and moved...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Travels with Cadfael: The Songs of Elba

"I wanted to ask you why you stopped at the Isle of Elba." "It was to carry out an order from Captain Leclère. As he was dying he gave me a package to deliver to Marshal Bertrand there." So that was Edmond Dantes’s excuse—a deathbed promise. Cadfael and I had no such noble focus....
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