Well, Trump smoked it out: Obama’s long birth certificate finally sees the light of day. Why did it take so long? Simple. Prior to this, Obama felt that secrecy was to his advantage. The controversy merely made his foes look … Continue reading →
Ballet specializes in transformations. After all, it changes the human body from a lumbering earthbound thing into an ethereal yet steely and gravity-defying, lighter-than-air, transporter of the audience into realms of beauty and transcendence. Yes, it can be corny, especially … Continue reading →
Commenter “Daniel in Brookline” calls Trump a gadfly. It’s a word I’ve thought of often in connection with him and the Obama presidency, one that was originally used by Socrates to describe himself. Here’s an explanation of what Socrates meant … Continue reading →
So far, to know the HCR bill is to not love it. Case in point. Remember when:
Continue reading →In the summer of 1978 I traveled to Europe. My first stop was London, a place I’d never visited before. I was surprised at some things I found there. One was that in July the weather was really nice—sunny and … Continue reading →
Happy Easter to all my celebratory Christian readers, and to all those who just enjoy the holiday as well! One year when my son was little, I spent the week prior to Easter blowing out eggs and dying them. Now … Continue reading →
What makes Syria different from Libya?
Continue reading →Our friend Paul Krugman tackles the idea that the right is misrepresenting the facts when it says the rich pay a lot more in taxes than the poor: The claim that only rich people pay taxes is a zombie lie … Continue reading →
Daniels/Ryan in 2012?
Continue reading →…is the cruelest month.
Continue reading →…wonder no more. Some time ago, the teaching of writing liberated itself from the surly bonds of clarity, rules, and white oppression (is that redundant?) and escaped to touch the face of diversity and self-expression. Now, huge numbers of writing … Continue reading →
A pair of friends at the elephant sanctuary:
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