Phoning home
My mother has always loved the telephone. In the more leisurely era in which she lived most of her adult life, she touched base with about a dozen friends a day. Not to mention the need to talk to her … Continue reading →
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Separated at birth (etiquette, who needs it?)
Separated at birth? You decide.
Continue reading →Alonso: how to defy age in one difficult lesson
Alicia Alonso is a Cuban ballerina who has defied time. Her early career took place in this country, but she returned to Cuba after Castro came to power and he rewarded her by treating Alonso and her company very well. … Continue reading →
Hope for the post-boomers?
Got pre-election angst? Want some hope for the future? Something to counter the idea that each generation is less likely to use critical thinking than the one before it, that the search for truth has been replaced by relativism, and … Continue reading →
Palin and Pygmalion: who said class is dead in America?
Today’s hatred of Palin is driven at least partly by a host of elements connected to class, despite our protestations that we’re a relatively classless society. This particular class consciousness, which disregards Palin’s formidable accomplishments as governor as though they … Continue reading →
Stalin knew a few things…
…about elections.
Continue reading →As if…
…the news weren’t bad enough already, now New England must contend with this. Oh, for the days when a “beetle invasion” meant this:
Continue reading →Now ‘”Socialist” is just a code word for Black, even if the Black person happens to be a Socialist
The mind reels. I’m beginning to wonder if there is any effort to find truth any more. I’m beginning to wonder if there are any standards involved in being on the editorial board of a major newspaper any more. I’m … Continue reading →
The Obama campaign takes a cue from Orwell: history as palimpsest
Orwell knew full well how important this sort of erasure of history by the Obama campaign is, although he didn’t envision the help of the internet’s wayback machine in reconstructing the vanished past. Do Obama’s scrubbers realize that such a … Continue reading →
Even pronouncing it…
…Pahkeestan wasn’t enough to win their hearts.
Continue reading →Kipling bears repeating: the Gods of the Copybook Headings
Rudyard Kipling is one of those poets known by people who don’t ordinarily read poetry. But what he’s known for differs from person to person. Some are only familiar with his tribute to cool heads under fire, “If.” Others see … Continue reading →
Obama’s campaign and the press: a long history of working hand in hand
Some Obama defenders have pointed out that Joe the Plumber made himself fair game for the exposure of his personal information by insinuating himself into an election when he asked a question of candidate Obama. Others have said that Obama … Continue reading →