WHAT ARE ALL THOSE PEOPLE DOING ON THE OPERA STAGE?
“CHORUS LINES” IS THE WELL-WROUGHT TITLE for Rupert Christiansen and Henrietta Bredin’s article in Opera With Opera News, September 2026. Here are tidbits gleaned from this informative piece. The Pounds … Continue reading
CONSEQUENCES OF A.I. SYCOPHANCY
MERRIAM-WEBSTER DEFINES “SYCOPHANCY” as “obsequious flattery.” Also, M-W notes that “obsequious” is “marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness,” aka known in vulgar circles as “ass-kissing,” coincidentally another of M-W … Continue reading
THRICE-WED GWENDA, THRICE-CITED PASHA, AND MARGARET THATCHER’S SECTION 28 PART 2
YESTERDAY, AN R&T TALE FROM 1961 GOT ME RESEARCHING GWENDA JANSON STEWART HAWKES NÉE GLUBB. We continue in Part 2 today with, among other adventures, Gwenda marrying Hawkes and, years … Continue reading
A THRICE-WED GWENDA, A THRICE-CITED PASHA, AND MARGARET THATCHER’S LGBTQ ATTACK PART 1
GEEZ, IS EVERYTHING CONNECTED? Even a 1961 colloquium at Worcester Poly? So there I was, recently leafing through the 1981 R&T bound volume and encountering “First Ladies: Trend Setters of … Continue reading
MERRIAM-WEBSTER; TIME TRAVELER PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN ETYMOLOGICAL TIME TRAVEL encouraged by Merriam-Webster. Today in Part 2, we continue with my second and third categories, “Now You Know” and “Er… Ah…” of its examples … Continue reading
MERRIAM-WEBSTER TIME TRAVELER PART 1
MY USUAL ONLINE DICTIONARY, MERRIAM-WEBSTER, has a new feature: Its Time Traveler. “The First Known Date,” M-W describes, “will appear in one of three styles: For the Old English period (700-1099), … Continue reading
JOE MACKEN’S NYC
REBEKAH BRANDES REPORTS “Incredible Miniature Replica of New York City Took Truck Driver Over 20 Years To Build,” Nice News, August 8, 2026. Image by David Lurvey/Museum of the City … Continue reading
THE HERRING IS RED! PART 2
THAT THIS ETYMOLOGICAL RESEARCH emanates from a Sam Spade adventure that’s 78 years old suggests my questionable priorities of time allotment. In any case, here in Part 2 we brings … Continue reading
THE HERRING’S RED! PART 1
THIS ETYMOLOGICAL RESEARCH BEGAN with “The Critical Author Caper,” one of my listening adventures on SiriusXM “Radio Classics.” By completion, it warranted Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow. Tangent … Continue reading
SEEKING RATIONALITY AMONG REPUBLICANS PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, WE DISCUSSED IRRATIONALITY of the Trump/Netanyahu war. Today, we focus on RFK Jr.’s measles epidemic and on Trump’s dangerous ignorance of Mother Nature. A Year and … Continue reading
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