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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Finding Baum

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The following review appeared today in the Washington Post : FINDING OZ: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story By Evan I....
Monday, May 11, 2009

How I Spent My Retirement, Part I

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As further proof that there's nothing that you can't learn something about from the Internet, I just spent an unconscionable amount ...
Sunday, May 10, 2009

Sunnyside Up

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The following review appeared today in the San Francisco Chronicle : SUNNYSIDE By Glen David Gold Knopf, 560 pp., $26.95 Sunnyside p...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

A Little Less Mossy

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We music lovers mostly know what some of those notations like piano and fortissimo mean. Even things like Un poco meno mosso . But the Ger...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Tortured Logic

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The unedited version of Jon Stewart's terrific debate with Cliff May. It really should be seen by more than just "five Jews in Cana...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

In the Blogworld

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My friend Connie Casey has entered the blogosphere. Her new blog, The Observant Gardener , deals with ... well, gardening. And she writes ab...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The Right Approach

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Just wondering: Would Prop. 8 have passed if the opposition had taken this tactic? Or this one:
Friday, April 17, 2009

Prize and Prejudice

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AbeBooks.com, an online bookseller, has just compiled a list of the top 10 forgotten Pulitzer Prize-winning novels. It's a fascinating ...
Sunday, April 12, 2009

Tea Time

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Paul Krugman says there's nothing new about the Republican tea parties.
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Why Everything You Learned in Freshman English May Be Wrong

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When I was an English teacher -- a long, long time ago -- Strunk and White's Elements of Style was venerated. And apparently it still ...