NEWS FROM THE CLASSROOMS
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION CAME TO MIND when I read David Dayen in The New York Times, October 22, 2024: “Back in June, Oklahoma’s superintendent for public instruction, Ryan Walters, ordered every … Continue reading
YET ANOTHER COLLECTOR CAR FOR ZELENSKYY???
YOU MIGHT RECALL FUGITIVE EX-U.S. COP John Marc Dougan, who runs the Kremlin’s disinformation network from Moscow. (Just the turncoat jackass one might trust, eh? Sorta a Fox News personified). … Continue reading
PICASSO ON THE FAMILY WALL
“AFTER HE STUMBLED ACROSS the painting in 1962,” Angela Giuffrida writes in The Guardian, October 1, 2024, “Luigi Lo Rosso took the rolled-up canvas home with him to Pompeii, where … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR HABIT!
USA TODAY reports ” ‘Congrats on #2’ Habit Shades In-N-Out with Billboard After Burger Ranking Poll,” October 1, 2024. The newspaper’s Anthony Robledo recounts, “Habit Burger & Grill is claiming bragging … Continue reading
COPPÉLIA AT 50 PART 2
YESTERDAY WE SET THE STAGE for Coppélia, a classic ballet produced in 1974 by George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova. Today in Part 1, we hear from talented dancers who reminisce … Continue reading
COPPÉLIA AT 50 PART 1
MY THREE FAVORITE BALLETS ARE THE CLASSIC Coppélia, and two 20th-century works, Appalachian Spring and Fall River Legend. These latter two have already made appearances here at SimanaitisSays: “My Favorite … Continue reading
AN APARTMENT OF ONE’S OWN
VIRGINIA WOOLF WROTE OF A Room of One’s Own, and Vivian Marino writes of “An Art Installation She Called Home” in The New York Times, September 20, 2024. “She” in … Continue reading
DUDLEY CLARKE—MASTER OF DECEPTION
NOTES WIKIPEDIA, “AT THE TEHRAN CONFERENCE WINSTON CHURCHILL made his famous remark that in wartime ‘truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” By … Continue reading
JUS’ SWANNIN’ AROUND
I DON’T THINK OF MYSELF AS an ornithophile, but swans, Cygnus olor, seem to get pretty good coverage at SimanaitisSays. Tidbits here have related them to cars, opera props, Ogden … Continue reading
DON’T FORGET THE WATERCRESS SANDWICHES
IN COZY ENGLISH WHO-DONE-ITS, watercress sandwiches at teatime seem to coincide with reveal of the rascal. Now according to Korin Miller writing in Food & Wine, September 12, 2024, “The … Continue reading
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