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
SEEKING RATIONALITY AMONG REPUBLICANS PART 1
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I HAVE SOME REPUBLICAN FRIENDS. However, here I collect tidbits that suggest their leaders haven’t acted rationally. Examples abound, but three in particular come … Continue reading
BENNY BITS—AND SUPERB WRITERS
I’VE BEEN COLLECTING HUMOROUS BITS from The Jack Benny Program, as heard on SiriusXM “Radio Classics.” As noted by Wikipedia, “The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to … Continue reading
EINSTEIN’S ANNUS MIRACULOSUS PART 2
RAY MONK’S “EINSTEIN’S MIRACLE YEAR” encouraged our celebrating relativity theory and its fascinating implications in reviewing three recent books: Free Creations of the Human Mind: The Worlds of Albert Einstein; The … Continue reading
EINSTEIN’S ANNUS MIRACULOSUS PART 1
“NEW THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE, NEWTONIAN IDEAS OVERTHROWN” ANNOUNCED THE TIMES of London, November 7, 1919. Yet it could have been even more astonishing: “GRAVITY BENDS LIGHT!” This thought came … Continue reading
THE WORLD’S LARGEST POP-UP BOOK
LUCEROS Y PENUMBRAS, STARS AND SHADOWS, is a product of Los Angeles artist and printmaker Daniel González, paper engineering by Matthew Reinhart, and full-scale engineering and fabrication by Goodnight & Co. It … Continue reading
AMERICA—AS SEEN AT A LONDON EXHIBIT
CHARLOTTE JANSEN OFFERS “PORTRAIT OF A CITY Review—Master Photographers Capture the U.S. Cityscape In All Its Grime, Grit and Glory,” The Guardian, July 28, 2026. She reviews an exhibit at … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR PROFESSOR GIBSON—AND THE HIDDEN MADAGASCAR!
HA! IT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXPECTED ESSAY TOPIC ON THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: “Make at least one clear comparison between factory/industry work then and work or technology today.” But Alcorn State … Continue reading
MYRNA LOY—MORE THAN A SLEUTH’S WIFE
I’VE OFTEN ENJOYED MYRNA LOY portraying Nora Charles, wife of sleuth Nick Charles. And I recently encountered her in other roles in two media: Turner Classic Movies and SiriusXM “Radio … Continue reading
CLASSICAL BRITS WITH REMOVABLE “HOODS” PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE BEGAN CHERRY-PICKING from Classic & Sports Car‘s “35 Brilliant British Classic Convertible Cars.” Today in Part 2, we continue—and even add a car inexplicably missing from the C&SC … Continue reading
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