Aloha Again! The Joys of Re-Watching Magnum PI Four Decades Later
In the dead of winter last year, bored with all the 8 billion offerings on TV across 8 million streaming services, I started watching the original Magnum PI. Now, I am a man of a certain vintage, and when I was a kid, Magnum was my favourite show in the world, well, next to Soirée du Hockey on Radio-Canad
https://thetypescript.com/aloha-again-the-joys-of-re-watching-magnum-pi-four-decades-later/
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Erasing Racism and the Tulsa Race Massacre
I would never tell a kid that because of your race, because of your color of your skin, or your gender or anything like that, you are less of a person or are inherently racist.
That doesn’t mean you don’t judge the actions of individuals. Oh, you can, absolutely. Historically, you should: ‘This was right. This was wrong. They did this for this reas
https://thetypescript.com/erasing-racsim-and-the-tulsa-race-massacre/
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I Can’t Believe We’re Still Protesting This Shit
It struck me the other day, as I looked down at the t-shirt that I was wearing (pictured above), how absurd it was that I feel the need to declare that “Feminism is the Radical Notion that Women Are People.” Do we really still have to proclaim this to the world? Is it still a radical notion? I was raised a feminist by mom, a
https://thetypescript.com/i-cant-believe-were-still-protesting-this-shit/
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Headgames: Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark and the Taunt That Broke the Internet
Caitlin Clark is one of the greatest basketball players ever to play the game. She can take over the court, dominate play, and carry her team on her back. If her name was Kevin Clark, she would be bound for the NBA a salary of hundreds of millions of dollars. In the WNBA, where the aver
https://thetypescript.com/headgames-angel-reese-caitlin-clark-and-the-taunt-that-broke-the-internet/
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Goal Posts and Pride Jerseys: How Professional Sport Tolerates Homophobia
Yesterday, San Jose Sharks goalie James Reimer refused to don a Pride-themed jersey for warmups before a game against the New York Islanders. The Sharks, like many other NHL teams, were hosting Pride night. The team prides itself on being an ally of the LGBTQIA+ community and, l
https://thetypescript.com/goal-posts-and-pride-jerseys-how-professional-sport-tolerates-homophobia/
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On Good and Evil
Good and evil have been on my mind lately. This morning, while out running, I was listening to NOFX’s 1994 classic album, Punk in Drublic. This album contains one of my favourite NOFX songs, “The Brews.” Composed by front man, Fat Mike (who is Jewish, along with guitarist Erik Melvin), the song tells the story of a Jewish street gang and their shenanigans:
Friday night, we’ll be drinking Manischewitz
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“My Auntie’s Building:” How Urban Reform Creates Wastelands
I was listening to Open Mike Eagle the other day, occupied doing something else, when his song ‘My Auntie’s Building’ stopped me in my tracks. Open Mike Eagle is an underground rapper from Chicago who now based in LA; his stock-in-trade is a laid-back
https://thetypescript.com/my-aunties-building-how-urban-reform-creates-wastelands/
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