Published inCurated NewslettersAre the Radical Progressive Left America’s “Deplorables” Now?I know there have to be at least a dozen reasons why a majority of Americans voted for Donald Trump in last week’s presidential election…Nov 132Nov 132
Published inCurated NewslettersA Poem for My Wife on Her 65th BirthdaySometimes I get the lotus flower Sometimes I get the cactus Sometimes I hit her tender spot Sometimes I need more practiceNov 82Nov 82
Published inCurated NewslettersWhy This Election Is DifferentWhen I was 21 — still the legal voting age back then — I cast my first ballot in the presidential election between Republican Richard…Oct 173Oct 173
Published inCurated NewslettersFine People on Both Sides of the Conversation About Ta-Nehisi Coates’s New Book — Note So Much in…Walter Cronkite must be turning over in his grave! What would he say if he knew that the management of CBS News — the monument to quality…Oct 142Oct 142
Published inCurated NewslettersEavesdropping in New York, №5: Finding My Voice in the FedEx StoreSep 222Sep 222
Published inCurated NewslettersWhy Didn’t Tyreek Hill Listen to “The Talk”? Anatomy of an Avoidable ConflictIf you follow sports even casually, or if you read the newspaper or watch the news, you’re likely to be aware of the run-in that Miami…Sep 13Sep 13
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Published inCurated NewslettersAnd All That Jazz — Part 2: The Girl Who Was Born to Sing ScatHow does a 28-year-old acquire a taste for an odd form of singing that originated in the early 1900s, and then learn to excel at…Jul 273Jul 273
Published inCurated NewslettersAnd All That Jazz — Part 1: The Boy With the Melodic Minor Scale in His HeadA unique combination and sequence of notes and chords form the magical language of jazz improvisation, enabling those fluent in it to…Jun 301Jun 301
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