When you read a lot of biographies for a single time period, you often find yourself search for a nugget of new information or insight in a sea of familiar stories.
A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings by Stella Tillyard supplies many new and interesting stories. While George III was famously stodgy and staid, . . . → Read More: Royal Sibs
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In the aftermath of the shootings in Virginia, I want to remind people to turn their horror and sorrow to constructive actions. Apparently a very disturbed person was responsible for these deaths, but a very disturbed person who had easy access to guns. One good source of information on gun control is the Brady Center , . . . → Read More: Gun Control The Albequerque Journal is reporting that Domenici went over Attorney General Gonzalves’s head to get US Attorney Inglesias fired. Not a pretty picture Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias was fired after Sen. Pete Domenici, who had been unhappy with Iglesias for some time, made a personal appeal to the White House, the Journal has learned. On the subject of old movies…. , you’re now logged in! Below you’ll find your test result. After, continue on to your continue to OkCupid homescreen > . . . → Read More: What kind of a Classic Dame Caught this movie on Turner Classics the other night. Stellar performance by Andy Griffith as a ne’er-do-well who becomes a nationwide success as an “ah shucks, I’m just telling it like it is” performer. Courted by the powerful, his sense of importance spirals dangerously out of control until Patricia Neal, who found him, helped him, protected . . . → Read More: A Face in the Crowd Didn’t post much this week, but I’ve got an excuse. There’s lots of fun things to talk about. I learned about the mating habits of giraffes this week at a great dinner with some old friends. There’s even a word for one aspect of this mating pattern: flehmen, which is my nominee for the specialized word . . . → Read More: Giraffes, new word, and layoffs Inspired by my daughter’s friend Liz, who was over the other night, and likes Hawaiian pizza. I was scrambling to put something together for dinner from what we had on hand, and came up with this new favorite. It is gluten free.
4 chicken breasts See Robert Kennedy, Jr’s post on his father’s speech on the Vietnam War. It is uncannily relevant today. A sampling I do not want–as I believe most Americans do not want–to sell out American interests, to simply withdraw, to raise the white flag of surrender. That would be unacceptable to us as a country and as a . . . → Read More: On war Courtesy of Gene, these fabulous images of a drop of milk hitting coffee. When I was in college, and spent some time at MIT, and when I worked near Kendall Square, I would occasionally go the corridor where Doc Edgerton’s photos were displayed. They were magical. Now you can see them at the MIT museum, and that’s . . . → Read More: In memory of Doc Edgerton Lovely book title, no? |
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