A TRUMP/GATSBY TIME CAPSULE FROM 2017/1925 PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN EXPLORING A TRUMP/GATSBY TIME CAPSULE prompted by “A Short History of the Trump Family,” by Sydney Blumenthal, London Review of Books, February 16, 2017, and its linkage … Continue reading
A TRUMP/GATSBY TIME CAPSULE FROM 2017/1925 PART 1
IN AN ART DECO APPRECIATION about a week ago, “Art Deco, The Met, The Polish Brigade, Trump Tower and Truth,” February 23, 2017, was cited; and therein resided reference to … Continue reading
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF ART DECO PART 2
THIS THEME BEGAN YESTERDAY WITH GLEANING TIDBITS of Art Deco from Emma Bastin’s “Designs for Life,” BBC History, August 2025. Here in Part 2 she continues with ads “at 100km … Continue reading
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF ART DECO PART 1
READERS OF SIMANAITISSAYS MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT ON that I love Art Deco: See, for example, “Deco Dreaming,” “Soaring Art Deco—In The City of Angels,” and even, lamentably enough, “Art Deco, … Continue reading
LEST TRUMP FORGETS (AS IF HE EVER KNEW) PART 2
YESTERDAY’S MENTION OF ROAD TRIPS brought to mind The Negro Motorist Green Book published annually between 1936 and 1966. Perhaps it’s too much reading for the likes of Trump, what … Continue reading
LEST TRUMP FORGETS (AS IF HE EVER KNEW….) PART 1
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL WRITES IN THE GUARDIAN, September 4, 2025, “Trump Wants to Rewrite American History. Maybe He Should Learn It First.” Blumenthal observes, “Of all the presidents, Donald Trump—the man … Continue reading
ANIMALES FANTÁSTICOS
“AT AROUND 20 FEET TALL,” PBS SENIOR ARTS Correspondent Jeffery Brown recounts, “they’re hard to miss, brightly colored and intricately designed…. fantastic animals that have their roots in Oaxaca and … Continue reading
ANTHONY COMSTOCK, CHAUCER’S LITHE-AS-A-WEASEL ALISOUN, AND PERSONAL CHOICE
AN ENLIGHTENED ENGLISH TEACHER ENCOURAGED US to master the first lines of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales—in Middle English: “Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote/ The droghte of March hath … Continue reading
ENOUGH ALREADY WITH PENCILS IN KNIFE FIGHTS
JIA LYNN YANG WRITES OF DEMOCRATS in The New York Times, August 15, 2025: “Will the battle over Texas’ gerrymandering lead to a new era for the party?” An interesting … Continue reading
Simanaitis Says 
GROSS INJUSTICE IS RAMPANT
TRUMP’S MOB ACTIVITIES CONTINUE. Joseph Gedeon reports, “U.S. Justice Department Removes Study Finding Far-Right Extremists Commit ‘Far More’ Violence,” The Guardian, September 17, 2025. And Andy Borowitz writes “Trump’s War … Continue reading →