We need good news at the beginning of January. Several items today in New York Times pleased me. First of all, I smiled at the article describing the ad campaign put up by atheists in Britain. I have a soft spot for atheists. It’s a very reasonable position, often taken up by smart, sensitive people who […]
Read More Today’s Good NewsI enjoyed several bits of “SNL” last weekend. There was a bit with a family that shoots off into grudges and attacks and fury without any provocation– specifics of the conflict were left out completely, all that remained were the common elements of neurosis, which, in a vaccuum, are quite recognizable and horrifyingly funny. And then […]
Read More Nuclear FootballPerhaps you’d enjoy my pithy book reviews on Shelfari, which will not allow me to post my bookshelf any other way. http://www.shelfari.com/o1517385490
Read More My Shelfari book reviewsI went straight from a Midwestern Baptist-style funeral to summer-steamed New Orleans. One minute I was singing a hymn in a pew, and hours later I was on a bus staring at the rehabbed Superdome, seeing the ghosts of the abandoned along the clean sidewalk. I had to say some firm, abbreviated goodbyes to get […]
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