LRB LETTERS FUN PART 2
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS READERS are literate (and good-humoured) people, as suggested yesterday in Part 1. Today we continue with tidbits gleaned from their letters to LRB editors. A Pacific … Continue reading
LRB LETTERS FUN PART 1
AS SHOWN IN SIMANAITISSAYS FROM TIME TO TIME, the London Review of Books is a most literate —and entertaining—publication, even to its “Letters” column. See, for example, “LRB Letters—A Reader’s … Continue reading
ON POLITICAL CHANGE
AS PART OF THE ATLANTIC’S “THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION,” David Brooks writes, “America Needs a Mass Movement—Now,” October 14, 2025. His article provides a culminating lesson in civics, the initial one … Continue reading
MORE POWER TO AUSTRIA! (ARTISTICALLY)
TRADITIONAL ELECTRIC POWER LINES are functional, but not pleasing to everyone’s aesthetics. And the Austrian Power Grid has proposed a solution: reimagining electricity pylons as symbols of harmony between technology … Continue reading
THE NEW YORK TIMES—SEEMINGLY CATCHING ON PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, WE BEGAN AN ASSESSMENT of The New York Times Editorial Board’s “Are We Losing Our Democracy?” Here we continue with tidbits gleaned from this article which suggested … Continue reading
THE NEW YORK TIMES—SEEMINGLY CATCHING ON PART 1
SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY RECOGNIZED IT back in April 2025 and SimanaitisSays agreed at the time. It is significant, albeit lamentable, that more than six months later The Editorial Board of … Continue reading
MISTER 880—THE MAN, THE MOVIE, THE RETROSPECTIVE
THE NEW YORKER HAS A REGULAR FEATURE “TAKES,” retrospectives of previous pieces on one thing and another. “David Grann on St. Clair McKelway’s ‘Old Eight Eighty’,” October 19, 2025, is … Continue reading
RENOIR DRAWINGS—ENJOYING THEM FROM AFAR
THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, is a continent away from me, but through electronic wizardry and the Morgan’s kindness, I am able to share … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOTEL
MEGAN MCCREA CELEBRATES “100 YEARS of the Motel: Neon Signs, Swimming Pools, and American Dreams,” The New York Times, October 22, 2025. What fun, even if experienced armchair-fashion! Here are … Continue reading
INDEPENDENCE FOR WHOM? PART 2
YESTERDAY, OUR CIVICS LESSON BEGAN with The Atlantic’s “Independence for Whom?” Part 1 and Jefferson’s stirring words “all men are created equal.” Lamentably enough, it concluded with Supreme Court Chief … Continue reading
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