Never seen anything like this...it breaks new ground. The point for me is that the videos and TV shows I have produced over 40 years or so have an entirely new impact when seen through the filter of four filmmakers and in the era of Fake News. When we produce documentaries, we put the … Continue reading Ghosts in the Machine: Tom’s Notes August, 2019
Author: Mary Beth McAndrews
August 2019
No, It’s Not August 1 I have an excuse: the invisible dog ate my computer. We were having a wonderful short week on Nantucket Island. I was finishing the House Organ to get to you on Thursday. But, on Wednesday, this is what my laptop looked like this: We couldn’t leave the island. There was … Continue reading August 2019
July 1, 2019
Quiet Revolution, Take One By now, millions are aware of Lori Lightfoot, became the first African- American woman Mayor of Chicago. Lightfoot became the first openly gay person to be mayor of Chicago, now the largest U.S. city to have an LGBTQ mayor. The 2019 municipal election also was a game-changer for the Chicago City Council. … Continue reading July 1, 2019
June 1, 2019
The focus of this edition is Memory and Memories …For instance, June 29 I’ve been thinking about how we learn about our family history that happened before we were born and somehow stays with us our whole lives. My grandmother, Dora Hess Weinberg, died when she was 60. I was less than a year old so she … Continue reading June 1, 2019



