HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICROSOFT!
THE VERGE CELEBRATES MICROSOFT’S 50TH BIRTHDAY with “The 50 Best Things Microsoft Has Ever Made,” March 31, 2025. The Verge staff writes, “The company has gone through sweeping changes over … Continue reading
TRUMP ON AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS
I CONFESS I KNOW LITTLE about politics. But I surely know about automotive emissions. I understand their evolution from tetraethyllead additives introduced in the 1920s, through the mid-1960s assessments of … Continue reading
ENOUGH OF THE TRUMPKRIEG!
TODAY, APRIL 5, 2025, MANY AROUND THE COUNTRY will express their objection to the chaos caused by the Trump administration. We have witnessed injustices heaped upon injustices, some so immense … Continue reading
ROMEO, WHO ART THOU? JULIET DITTO PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH MY VIEWING the 1936 flick Romeo and Juliet on TMC. Today in Part 2 we finally get down to Act I Scene 5 at a Capulet … Continue reading
WHEREVER ARE DEMOCRATS GOING?
LISA LERER, NATIONAL POLITICS CORRESPONDENT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, recently described “four categories to explain how to make sense of the fractured Democratic opposition.” I found her analysis particularly … Continue reading
SWOOPY ARCHITECTURE
TRAVELQUIZ OFFERS “Do You Recognize These Quirky Architectural Landmarks Around the Globe?” Indeed, a couple are old favorites, but several others are new to me. Here are tidbits gleaned from … Continue reading
MAINTAINING DIVERSITY
THE UTTER IDIOCY OF DOGE has added yet another tooth on its chainsaw. It’s described by Drs. Iago Hale and Michael Kantar in “Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers … Continue reading
LEST WE FORGET
BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2025, OFFERS AN INTERVIEW with historian Laurence Rees; his topic, “the history of the Nazi regime yields warnings—but that frighteningly few people are interested in learning … Continue reading
MOZART AND TRUMP—PRODIGIES WITH KEWL COIFS
ONE MIGHT THINK THE ARROGANCE OF EGO WOULD HAVE LED ME TO ASSOCIATE Trump and Beethoven. But no, prodigious musicality seals the deal: It’s Mozart and Trump—separated at birth by … Continue reading
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ROMEO, WHO ART THOU? JULIET DITTO PART 1
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES HAS BEEN FEATURING Romeo and Juliet, the 1936 flick of this Shakespeare classic. Its viewing encouraged me into gleaning tidbits from Rowse’s The Annotated Shakespeare as well … Continue reading →