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
GRIMM TALES
NO TYPO HERE. THE BROTHERS GRIMM: A BIOGRAPHY is a book by Ann Schmiesing given a review by Colin Burrow “Ogres Are Cool,” London Review of Books, March 20, 2025. … Continue reading
GOODBYE, E.P.A.; HELLO, E.D.A.
THERE IS IRONY GALORE IN THE NEW U.S. Environmental “Deregulation” Agency having originally been established by Richard Nixon on December 2, 1970, “to protect human health and the environment” (this, … Continue reading
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
WHAT A MARVELOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR SATIRE: The dust is far from settled about what The New York Times, March 25, 2025, is calling “an extraordinary leak of internal national security … Continue reading
A USED CAR AFTER WHICH I LUST
“THE ASTON MARTIN CYGNET,” this fabled sports car manufacturer said back in 2011, “was designed as a luxury solution to urban mobility.” A city car that’s “Elegant and distinctive whilst … Continue reading
Simanaitis Says 
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 →