Inevitable news

One of the things journalism does is generate hope. This cooperative initiative by American news media on gun violence is a good example of that endeavour.

And another award-winner. A wicked and brilliant stunt that tricked a former NRA president into addressing 3044 empty chairs at a graduation ceremony. The chairs represented all the children of 2021 who will never graduate because they died in gun violence.

Some love in the room

Neil Diamond stopped doing live performances five years ago due to his Parkinson’s disease.

Couple of weeks ago a musical about his life called A Beautiful Noise opened on Broadway. Of course they invited Neil Diamond to Opening Night, and he attended.

After the show he stood up in the balcony, to the delight of the audience. And, with the backing of the stage show cast and a couple of thousand people in the audience, he sang Sweet Caroline.