GOODBYE, VOICE OF AMERICA
I NOTED NOT LONG AGO that my primary news sources included Voice of America. Alas, according to another of my favs, Reuters, March 15, 2025, “Voice of America Staff Put … Continue reading
CLASSICAL.COMPOSERS@MUSIC
THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY (AND SEWER) HAVE PLENTY OF WEBSITES for creative types: authors, composers, entertainment personalities, (even presidents, see parenthetical comment above). SiriusXM‘s “Symphony Hall” morning host John Clare suggested … Continue reading
A FRENZY OF ACTIVITY
DAVID REMNICK, EDITOR OF THE NEW YORKER, preaches to the choir. As one of its members, I preach more or less to the same audience here at SimanaitisSays, though I … Continue reading
STIMSON AND BEAN—HEROIC DOCTORS PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE FOLLOWED AMERICAN DOCTORS Barbara Stimson and Achsa Bean to England after the U.S. Army denied them officer appointments. Today, we continue Catherine Musemeche’s “Major Barbara’s War,” Smithsonian, March … Continue reading
STIMSON AND BEAN—HEROIC DOCTORS PART 1
THIS IS A TALE OF BARBARA STIMSON AND HER PAL ACHSA BEAN, two doctors shunned by the U.S. Army as medical officers, and then commissioned in the British Royal Army … Continue reading
ON “WOKE” WORDS
WHEN ONE AS DESPOTIC AND “WEAVING” (i.e., deranged) as Trump enforces MAGA ideologies on us, it’s no wonder that linguistic chaos prevails. Karen Yourish, Annie Daniel, Saurabh Datar, Isaac White, … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE DETROIT OPERA, HANDEL’S RINALDO, KIDS’ RESILIENCE, AND THERAPY DOG ASPEN
BACK WHEN I VISITED THE MOTOR CITY A LOT, I also enjoyed performances of the Michigan Opera Theatre. It has appeared here at SimanaitisSays in “Many Flutes Are Magical” and … Continue reading
QWERTY, DVORAK, KALQ, OR? PART 2
YESTERDAY, THIS ALL STARTED WITH a Smithsonian Magazine article on QWERTY. Today, we continue gleaning tidbits from Ellen Wexler’s article. A Non-Jamming Theory. Ellen Wexler recounts, “In a 2011 paper, … Continue reading
QWERTY, DVORAK, KALQ, OR? PART 1
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE RECENTLY POSITED, “The QWERTY Keyboard Will Never Die. Where Did the 150-Year-Old Design Come From?” In February 25, 2025, Ellen Wexler updated a Smithsonian article by Jimmy Stamp … Continue reading
FACTS—NOT TRUMP’S “ALTERNATIVE FACTS”
I GLEAN INFORMATION from a variety of sources, among them BBC World Service, Associated Press, Reuters, NPR, London Review of Books, Voice of America (thus far), The New York Times, … Continue reading
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