“You cannot have Dickens without Carlyle”

My film of the year is the dark comedy Doomsdays. While this film was technically produced in 2013, it was new to me this year and that’s how I am qualifying its eligibility. The film is anxiously jarring in the first act, and really, it takes some effort on the viewer to embrace the destructive […]

The best book I read this year is Kant: On History which is a collection of resplendent essays by the most understated intellect in world history, Immanuel Kant.   A post shared by Joseph Hazani (@jhazani) on Nov 23, 2017 at 9:04pm PST   Kant summarizes the worldview and optimism of The Enlightenment by being its […]

I was a guest in (at least) 12 Airbnb’s this year. They ranged in stature from sharing a bathroom with the host to having a private 2 bedroom flat; in geographies from the Pacific Northwest to the Atlantic Northeast; in winter to summer. But none reached the level of charm as the “Eucalyptus Cottage” in […]

Since they haven’t announced a decision yet (that I know of), I wanted to throw my hat in the ring as to where Amazon will have its second headquarters: Las Vegas, NV. Amazon has a long-time working relationship with the state of Nevada, housing a very prominent master distribution center in Reno, NV for at […]