Why We Miss Blockbuster
Streaming is convenient, but the brick-and-mortar video store had pleasures that we shouldn’t forget.
Netflix
Netflix Fueled by Oil and Gas in New Mexico
Hollywood rails against fracking, but production companies are happy to benefit from subsidies generated by oil producers.
Why Are Tech Stocks at Record Highs?
Valuing tech stocks requires a time horizon significantly longer than those typically used by financial analysts.
Three Remarkable Ladies: Thatcher, Diana, and Elizabeth
Season Four of The Crown: Another captivating and tragic presentation of the Palace-Downing Street drama.
Hillbilly Elegy: Ron Howard’s Inverted Mayberry
Americana for our age: Booze, opioids, and ignorance. But Glenn Close, at least, sails past the white-trash clichés.
Forty-Year-Old Version: Co-opted Rebellion
If I were laying odds for the little movie most likely to get attention in an if-it-happens Oscar race, this is a pretty good bet.
The Capital Letter: Week of October 5
The politics of stimulus, trade deficits, big government and big tech and more.
Netflix: A Case for Shareholder Activism
Shareholders should hold Netflix accountable for Cuties.
A Segregated, Modernized Boys in the Band
Netflix’s latest cultural-engineering effort.
Why We Should Care about Cuties
The controversial new movie should spur us to consider the startling realities of how young people use technology.