Hogwash

 

 

“[T]his is a prime function of journalism, to show us the difference between hokum and hogwash and bean counting and true tragedy.”

 

—Garrison Keillor, writer, “Still thinking of Yesenia weeks later,” April 9, 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Editorial Comment: Tragic hokum! Film at 11.

 

 

 

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Trillium Season

 

 

 

 

 

 

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