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A HUNGER (AND LUST) FOR WORDS

MY LATEST HISTORY EXTRA (USTA BE BBC HISTORY) has “Eat, Drink and Be Merry,” by historian Sam Bilton, who certainly knows her way around Elizabethan times and kitchens: “Shakespeare’s works,” … Continue reading

April 28, 2026 · Leave a comment

RFK JR.—THE NEXT ONE OUTTA HERE! PART 2

TRUMP’S CABINET RIGHTLY DESERVES the resignations and firings it has been experiencing. Yesterday’s Part 1 began the theme of Next One Outta Here! Evidence confirming this continues here in Part … Continue reading

April 27, 2026 · 2 Comments

RFK JR.—THE NEXT ONE OUTTA HERE! PART 1

BACK IN NOVEMBER 2024, I WAS ASTOUNDED AND DISMAYED when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was named to be in charge of public health: “darkly satirical given his brain-worm, whale-head, bear-corpse, … Continue reading

April 26, 2026 · 1 Comment

PERUSING AUTOMOTIVE NEWS PART 2

YESTERDAY WE STARTED CATCHING UP WITH TIDBITS from recent numbers of Automotive News. We continue here in Part 2 with topics range from Jaguar’s Formula E success, to Mercedes’ commitment … Continue reading

April 25, 2026 · Leave a comment

PERUSING AUTOMOTIVE NEWS PART 1

THESE DAYS I CONTINUE TO DELIGHT IN PERUSING AUTOMOTIVE NEWS, the industry’s authoritative journal, especially its articles addressing matters beyond the realm of NPR or The New York Times. This … Continue reading

April 24, 2026 · 1 Comment

SAY THAT AGAIN PART 2

JASON VANRULER ENCOURAGED ALL THIS with his article Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships. Here in Part 2, his PATHS acronym is expanded … Continue reading

April 23, 2026 · 3 Comments

SAY THAT AGAIN? PART 1

I AM, PROFESSIONALLY AND BY LIFE’S CHOICES, A COMMUNICATOR. How else to explain 33+ years at R&T and now approaching 14 years at SimanaitisSays. Indeed, prior to these, the Society … Continue reading

April 22, 2026 · Leave a comment

BAYREUTH EXULTATIONS—AND BLUES

“WILL THE REAL BAYREUTH PLEASE STAND OUT,” SimanaitisSays, March 27, 2016, offered details of the Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus. Here, a decade later in celebrating Bayreuth’s 150th anniversary, Opera with Opera News offers … Continue reading

April 21, 2026 · Leave a comment

EDUCATING US ALL ABOUT A.I. PART 2

IN PART 1, CHANCELLOR MARIE LYNN MIRANDA’S Science Editorial promoted educating us all about optimizing our use of A.I. Today in Part 2, we offer examples of why this is … Continue reading

April 20, 2026 · 3 Comments

EDUCATING US ALL ABOUT A.I. PART 1

“THE GREATEST RISK is not that A.I. will eliminate jobs, but that its benefits will accrue unevenly.” This, writes Marie Lynn Miranda, Chancellor of the University of Illinois, Chicago, in … Continue reading

April 19, 2026 · 2 Comments