Joe Bendel
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Oct 1, 2026
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‘The Last First: Winter K2’: Many Try, Most Don’t Succeed (opens the original)
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The COVID-19 pandemic had an indirect but deadly impact on K2, the second highest mountain in the world, on the border of Pakistan and China. In January 2021, Pakistan was the only Himalayan nation that had opened its borders and resumed issuing climbing permits. Consequently, one mountaineering company started selling K2 packages in hopes of avoiding bankruptcy. Unfortunately, their promotion attracted many climbers of varying degrees of experience, attempting something that had never been done
‘The History of Concrete’: Some Hard Truths About Life (opens the original)
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Cement and concrete are not the same material. The former serves as an ingredient of the latter when combined with water, sand, and gravel. Viewers will definitely learn the difference if they watch John Wilson’s new documentary, “The History of Concrete.” But that might be the only practical fact they learn from it. Wilson uses concrete as a launching pad for his musings on modern life. He discusses the state of his home city (New York City) and his career doldrums. He covers numerous other tan
‘Knife': The Price of Freedom of Expression (opens the original)
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When “The Satanic Verses” was published, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini leveled a fatwa (death sentence) against British author Salman Rushdie. In the years that followed, Rushdie fiercely advocated for freedom of expression—and bears the scars to prove it. Viewers can see them for themselves. Rushdie’s wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths (credited as executive producer and cinematographer), shot footage as he recovered from the notorious 2022 attempt on his life. It is uncomfortable to watch, but their vid
‘Slow Horses, Season Six’: More of a Motley Crew of Mess-ups (opens the original)
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If you had a boss who was as acerbic and cantankerous as Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), you would probably quit. Will Smith’s hit series, “Slow Horses,” is compulsively watchable and more positive than you'd think. The series, based on Mick Herron’s novels, releases its drolly-written sixth season on Apple TV+. Frankly, MI5, the UK’s domestic counter-intelligence agency, would not mind if Lamb’s agents resigned. It would save them a lot of trouble. Lamb oversees Slough House, where agents get trans
‘Reacher’ Returns in Season 4 (opens the original)
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In real life, Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) could never maintain his imposing physique with his chosen lifestyle. He never works out because he is a drifter. He also eats all kinds of fatty junk foods. In this season of “Reacher,” his appetite inadvertently leads to his latest batch of trouble. The former U.S. Army investigator was about to leave Philadelphia, but he had to have one last cheesesteak. As a result, he caught a later train, on which he helplessly watched a desperate woman commit sui
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