HI, CLAUDE; HELLO, MYTHOS PART 1
HELLO AGAIN TO PROFESSOR PAUL TAYLOR, Health Informatics specialist at University College London. He has helped us here at SimanaitisSays in Covid days with “A Glimpse at SIR Modeling,” (as … Continue reading
FOR SALE—A FERRARI SIXTY YEARS AGO
IT’S FUN TO READ ABOUT CARS OFFERED FOR SALE IN R&T’S “MARKET PLACE.” But necessary, of course, to consult the CPI Inflation Calculator converting the values (and tempering our times … Continue reading
MATHS, MUSIC—AND ACROSTICS
FULL DISCLOSURE: I HAVE A PH.D. IN MATHEMATICS, which the British charmingly refer to as “maths.” But I confess to only a vague understanding of musical composition. And, with an … Continue reading
BEN FRANKLIN’S WISDOM
ADAM LIPTAK POSITS “WERE THE CONSTITUTION’S AUTHORS a Little Too Optimistic?,” The New York Times. The article’s subhead: “The nation’s founding document has a blind spot. Trump is making it … Continue reading
IDENTIFYING AN OBSCURE EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
SO THERE I WAS, ON AN ERRAND of something or other, listening to SiriusXM “40s Junction.” As usual, I was delighting in The Great American Songbook, a topic appearing here … Continue reading
POPE LEO XIV AND A.I.
HAVE YOU READ POPE LEO’S MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS? Or, instead of this exercise in Latin, its English Magnificent Humanity, all 42,300 words of it? No? Me neither. Some might be tempted … Continue reading
SALVAGING (AND SATIRIZING) THE FLOTUS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN GLEANING TIDBITS from Thomas Mallon’s review in The New Yorker of Lois Romano’s book An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln. Part … Continue reading
SALVAGING (AND SATIRIZING) THE FLOTUS PART 1
THOMAS MALLON WRITES “A WOMAN SCORNED: Mary Todd Lincoln has long been derided. Is her reputation salvagable?,” The New Yorker, May 25, 2026; this, in his review of Lois Romano’s … Continue reading
THOUGHTS ON MEMORIAL DAY 2026
ON THIS RECENT MEMORIAL DAY, I celebrated Norman Corwin, lamented the demise of CBS, and ridiculed/pitied Trump. Here are tidbits gleaned from all these. NORMAN CORWIN’S FINE CONTRIBUTIONS. Known as … Continue reading
INVENTIONS THAT TRANSFORMED THE WORLD PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH History Extra Magazine’s “What Was the Greatest Invention in History? 9 Experts Share Their Opinions.” Tidbits were gleaned from two of them in Part 1. Today, … Continue reading
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