New U.S. presidents almost always are immediate heirs, inheriting big problems, and -- if lucky -- some of the glow. There was a lot of the former and only bits of the latter when Lyndon Johnson took over the presidency after the Kennedy assassination...

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EXPLAINING THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF SUMMERTIME 'ROADSHOW' REAPPRAISALS By Tom Brinkmoeller

For anyone who ever has guessed the exact number of jellybeans in a jar, correctly picked a 40-to-one long shot to win a horse race or accurately predicted what Donald Trump would say next, Antiques Roadshow's summer reruns should be a natural viewing choice...

2015

Jul

A CHANCE TO PICK A FAVORITE 'DAISY' By Tom Brinkmoeller

Let's start with a stipulation: Because regular visitors to this website enjoy high-quality entertainment, there's no need to make a case for the extraordinary entertainment contained in Driving Miss Daisy...

2015

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TIME TRAVEL OVER SOME PRETTY UGLY TERRAIN By Tom Brinkmoeller

Many heroes aren't immediate, as Independent Lens, "Limited Partnership" will point out. This is the story of two men. They fell in love and spent four decades fighting U.S. immigration laws that didn't recognize gay relationships...

2015

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WITH A PERSONAL MUSIC DOCENT ALONG, THIS 'GREAT PERFORMANCE' IS EVEN BETTER By Tom Brinkmoeller

Though many a symphony season-ticket holder might protest the following as unsophisticated and lazy, a great place to watch and appreciate a classical concert is in front of a good TV set during an expertly directed production...

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JASCHA HEIFETZ IS THE SUBJECT OF NEWEST 'AMERICAN MASTERS' ON PBS By Tom Brinkmoeller

PBS's always-excellent American Masters series does a fine job of profiling a gifted and very complex man in "Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler." It was a bad review that turned the entire life of Jascha Heifetz...

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