The wrong side of history
Reading Time: < 1 minute Writers often have to decide which is more important: literal accuracy or historical truth. Screenwriter Tony Kushner said he had his reasons.
Read More The wrong side of historyCategory: HISTORY
Essays that take a different look at social, political and scientific landmarks in history.
It’s Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every day is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day for the first kid to ever pop the plastic bubbles. That would be me.
Read More It’s Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!“Vive la démocratie!”
Reading Time: < 1 minute There are chilling similarities between 1942 and 2022, both in Europe and in the Pacific. Here, too. “I bet they’re asleep in New York. I bet they’re asleep all over America.”
Read More “Vive la démocratie!”Foul: Misquotes and context
Reading Time: 2 minutes Misquotes and quotes out of context are easy to spot and refute, but that’s rare. We look at examples used against Trump and Kamala Harris.
Read More Foul: Misquotes and contextAbout that Sleigh Ride …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” wasn’t written in the winter. It wasn’t even a Christmas song. But let the composer tell it in his own words.
Read More About that Sleigh Ride …A musical legacy
Reading Time: 2 minutes A bit of serendipity brought us the opportunity to visit the home of composer Leroy Anderson, now open as a museum in Woodbury, Connecticut.
Read More A musical legacyMartin Luther King’s Birthday
Reading Time: 2 minutes The slain civil rights leader’s legacy remains controversial, even today. But I admire his vision. We should concentrate on things that bring us together.
Read More Martin Luther King’s BirthdayFoul: Ad Hominem
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a speech this week, President Biden said those who oppose the election bill are racists. Did he learn personal attacks from Donald Trump?
Read More Foul: Ad HominemA victory for religious liberty
Reading Time: 2 minutes This Sunday is Religious Freedom Day. This is the story of one family’s two-year battle to worship as they pleased in colonial New Netherlands.
Read More A victory for religious liberty‘Living Here’ — Letting go
Reading Time: 2 minutes Whatever happened to my promised “Living Here” collection? I try to explain. Meanwhile, I’m moving on to other projects, starting with a remake of this blog.
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