Baby’s got beat
Rhythm seems to be hardwired.
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Power failures and the financial meltdown
The wacky winter weather we’ve been having lately has led to the phenomenon of ice storms and resultant power failures in places such as Arkansas and Texas that seldom see them. As readers of this blog are aware, I had … Continue reading →
Was Madoff’s operation a hedge fund?
Starting with this comment in a previous thread about Madoff, a discussion ensued about whether the operation he ran that turned out to be a Ponzi scheme could be called a hedge fund. Here are some definitions of “hedge fund.” … Continue reading →
Updike At Rest
John Updike has died at seventy-six. In the last decade or two, his work had increasingly grappled with issues of aging and death, so perhaps his actual death should come as no surprise. But somehow it does—as it may have … Continue reading →
Oh, drat
I guess I missed out again.
Continue reading →Madoff and his sons: walking the perp walk alone?
Bernie Madoff ran quite the little family business. Back in the happier, headier days of 2000, son Mark is quoted as saying: All of his family members grew up with this being our lives. When it is a family operated … Continue reading →
Jackie Kennedy, that dress, and Robert Frost
Here’s more on that beautiful Grecian-inspired dress of Jackie Kennedy’s, the one I thought would have looked nice on Michelle at Obama’s inaugural ball. A reader and friend kindly sent me the following photo of Jackie wearing the dress at … Continue reading →
Senator Winfrey: the politics of celebrity and identity
When governors have been called on to appoint senators in the past, they’ve tended to stick with party regulars and other established politicians. But I suppose, after the serious consideration given to neophyte Caroline Kennedy to replace Hillary Clinton, it … Continue reading →
But the real question is…
…will she still wear it?
Continue reading →Tale of the camps: Guantanamo, al Qaeda, and Saudi re-education
It should come as no surprise that one of the released Guantanamo prisoners has set up camp as deputy head of al Qaeda operations in Yemen. How these people must laugh at our delicate—and self-destructive—sensibilities! One of the things in … Continue reading →
Those Crayola colors and the 50s childhood
The other day I came across this chronology of Crayola crayon colors. Although I must confess that Crayolas were something I hadn’t thought of in decades, it all came back in a rush. First there was the initial pack for … Continue reading →
Obamaphiles: it’s only love, and that is all
Here’s a rapturous account of Obama’s inauguration from ex-uber-editor Tina Brown (hat tip: Ann Althouse.) Remember, as you read it, that the author was once at the helm of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, among other credits. Brown’s fulsome … Continue reading →