HAVE YOU DONE AS WELL AS YOUR PARENTS?
IT IS THE hope of parents that their kids will, in some sense, do better than they’ve done. The metric might be wealth, education, status or general happiness. Alas, according … Continue reading
CULTURAL TWEETING
IT’S SAID “IF the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain.” In a topsy-turvy version of this, I propose constructing cultural tweets that might … Continue reading
RENÉE FLEMING AND SUSAN GRAHAM—DIVA PALS
HERE’S A celebration of two U.S. divas, each beautiful, charming, at ease and amazingly competent in her art. What’s more, the two have been the best of diva pals. Renée … Continue reading
A CANINE FAMILY CIRCLE
A FAMILY CIRCLE that was developed at the National Human Genome Research Institute has been called a tour-de-force of Canine lupus familiaris evolution. The most extensive research of its kind … Continue reading
TRUMPING THE ARTS
IN MY CONTINUING efforts to relate Donald J. Trump to the arts, and vice versa, today let’s look at operatic characters who bring his personality traits to mind. With several … Continue reading
HOW GREEN MY STASH?
MARIJUANA AND ITS non-psychoactive hemp sibling are becoming big business around the world. These are the two species of the genus Cannabis, each originally cultivated in Eurasia 8500 years ago. … Continue reading
HOW TO SAY “HEY YOU!” IN JAPANESE
ENGLISH HAS “you” and, though rarely used these days, “thee.” German has Sie and du. French has vous and tu. I’ve talked about these in “Doest Thou Know?” with a … Continue reading
HAVEN’T I SEEN THAT AIRCRAFT SOMEWHERE BEFORE?
IF IMITATION IS the most sincere form of flattery, entrepreneurs of the People’s Republic of China are the world’s greatest sycophants. Back in 2012 at SimanaitisSays, I wrote “Software Pirating—Big … Continue reading
GREEK DEMOCRACY 1.0
IN MY GOOD old days, kids learned that ancient Greece was the birthplace of democracy. Indeed, even the word comes from the Greek: δῆμος, dêmos, people; and κράτος, krátos, rule. … Continue reading
ARTFUL CYCLES
PERUSING A catalog for La Galerie des Damiers from Rétromobile 95 enticed me down a path to a fascinating concept of mobility, art and sound exhibited in Tokyo in 2003. … Continue reading
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