‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ 3 stars (out of 4) MPAA rating: PG-13 (for sequences of intense action and some strong language) Running time: 2:17 How to watch: In theaters It couldn’t outmaneuver the pandemic enemy that delayed its release for two years, but “Top Gun: Maverick” can’t lose, really. It’s a pretty good time, and often a pretty good movie for the nervous blur we’re in right now.
We are all being made much more aware of how we have to exercise our brains to keep them in shape for the long term. Many people do puzzles like crosswords and sudoku, but I have a suggestion for another means of brain building that will make your life better as well as the lives of others.
As an American, I find the idea of bowing (or curtseying) to someone abhorrent. And yet, after reading Tina Brown’s revealing book about the House of Windsor, I bow to her. “The Palace Papers” is entertaining and illuminating, but not tawdry, even as she deals with all kinds of tawdry actions.
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 20 officers stood for about 45 minutes in the hallway outside the adjoining Texas classrooms where the gunman killed students and teachers this week before U.S. Border Patrol agents unlocked the door to confront and kill him, authorities said Friday.
Perhaps this is how it all ends — self-government, self-defense, self-control, liberty, unity, family. Perhaps the fate of the nation is to watch its soul die along with the at least 19 students and two adults shot to death Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Milo M. Farnham, M.D., Independence To the editor: I thoroughly enjoy the weekly articles by attorney Bob Buckley, whose articles include reminiscence as well as incisive comments on various subjects.
Dean Edward Wescott, 62, Independence, MO, May 25, 2022. .
Graduating seniors at William Chrisman High School take a ‘Legacy Walk’ Thursday through the halls of Procter Elementary in Independence, part of a series of short parades at elementary and middle schools. Seniors from Truman and Van Horn high schools did their legacy walks earlier this week. The walks are meant to allow younger students a chance to congratulate the graduates and let the graduates revisit their previous schools. Independence School District graduations are Saturday at the high schools’ respective stadiums. [MIKE GENET/THE EXAMINER]
Blue Springs South High School May 25 commencement at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City Class size: 484 graduates Post-secondary: $7.5 million in scholarships Top 1 percent: Bradley Danley, Brandon Duong, Kennedy Hecker, Vani Patel, Molly Wells Class speaker Vari Patel: The best word she could use to describe their high school years, Patel said, was “unparalleled.” “These times have been challenging but extremely rewarding,” she said. “We were all unsure of how the high school experience was going to be.
DEAR ABBY: I have a gay friend I’ll call “Allen.” We have been close friends for 13 years. Allen has visited me often with his friends from England, and two years ago, when I could finally afford to visit him, he invited me to stay in the home he shares with his boyfriend, “Rupert.” Rupert took an instant dislike to me. He treated me rudely and mocked my American accent the entire time I was there. I let it be and concentrated on the beautiful scenery, the beautiful people I met and my longtime friend.