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By Lambert Strether of Corrente. We had our Naked Capitalism meetup in Burlington Thursday, August 17, and our meetup in Montréal on Friday, August 18. Seven NC readers attended the Burlington Meetup, some coming a long distance; fourteen — I think, we had to add a table — came to Montréal. I thought both numbers were remarkable; strangers coming together for no other reason than that they read the same blog speaks to a great hunger for connection, IMNSHO, and speaks well of the blog. In Burlington, we met at Zero Gravity Brewpub at Flatbread ( excellent craft beer , excellent pizza). In Montréal, we met at Le Café Cherrier (cuisine bourgeois, again excellent, and bringing back very happy memories for me. And a big hat tip here to the Montréal organizer for selecting the venue; I’m anonymizing them because I’m not sure they wish to be named). Both meetups were very convivial — conviviality is important — and both establishments let us sit and chat for a long time. I hadn’t been to e...

Find out when your favorite shows return—plus, every new series. Most Popular HBO/CBS/Sundance Channel/NBC/ABC Aug 25, 2017 The season of crammed DVRs and binge-watching is upon us again. Not surprisingly, the fall TV lineups reveal plenty of new pedigree programming. Shows like David Simon and George Pelecanos' HBO drama The Deuce and Jane Campion's SundanceTV miniseries Top of the Lake: China Girl will probably become as much a part of the zeitgeist as returning shows like ABC's Scandal ( back October 5 ) and AMC's The Walking Dead (October 22). Also, expect a smattering of shows about real Americans making a difference, be it Lifetime's retelling of the events surrounding the Flint water crisis (premiering October 28) or, out later this year, National Geographic Channel 's adaptation of journalist Martha Raddatz 's book The Long Road Home : A Story of War and Family . This includes fictional programming , like military drama s Valor ( premieres O...