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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1818
Song of the Day: End of the World features the words and music of Ian Axel and Chad King, the duo who make up A Great Big World. In this single, from their 2015 album, “When the Morning Comes,” the lead singer tells us “I’m gonna love you” even if…
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Continue reading →: New JARS News
Back on October 11, 2020, I announced the publication of the December 2020 issue of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies. As noted in my previous announcement, this completes the twentieth anniversary volume of the journal. Two decades of critical, independent, interdisciplinary Rand scholarship to celebrate! (Abstracts of the essays…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1817
Song of the Day: The End of the World, words and music by Ronnie James Dio and Craig Goldy, appears on the 2004 album, “Master of the Moon” by the rock band Dio. Delivered with the band’s characteristic Doom / Heavy Metal sound, it’s a fitting part of our 7-day…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1816
Song of the Day: The End of the World, music by Arthur Kent, lyrics by Sylvia Dee, was a crossover Skeeter Davis hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (#2), Hot Country Singles (#2), Hot R&B Singles (#4), and Easy Listening (#1) charts. Over the next seven days, I will be…
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Continue reading →: JARS: Our Twentieth Anniversary Celebration Concludes
I am delighted and deeply honored to announce the publication of the second of two issues celebrating the twentieth anniversary of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies. The December 2020 issue will be making its debut shortly on JSTOR; print subscribers should expect the second of these two historic issues in…
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Continue reading →: Whitey Ford, RIP
I just learned that legendary New York Yankees pitcher, Whitey Ford, died last night at the age of 91. A native New Yorker, the Hall of Fame left-hander pitched with the Yankees through eleven pennants and six World Series championships (earning the World Series MVP in 1961). He was a…
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Continue reading →: Eddie Van Halen, RIP
There are so many articles and posts that have been written in memory of the legendary rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen, who died yesterday at the age of 65. I couldn’t begin to do justice to the legacy he left behind as one of the most influential rock guitarists of…
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Continue reading →: Coronavirus (29): Medical Procedures in the Age of COVID … And I’m Still Alive!
When you walk into my urologist’s office, there’s this sign at the appointment desk. It reads: This too shall pass. It might pass like a kidney stone. But it will pass. I can’t think of a more fitting description of this past year. Or of my medical experiences throughout 2020—a…
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Continue reading →: #ProudBoys: Stand By … :)
Leave it to my friend Irfan Khawaja, to post this one on his blog “Policy of Truth”: We’re #ProudBoys, and we’re not standing down at all–we’re standing by. OK, we’re sitting by. But #ProudBoys nonetheless, having a gay old time. Check out his post, #ProudBoys: Stand By …
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Continue reading →: Yanks Bounce Cleveland: Bring on the Rays! (Ugh…)
In a marathon see-saw “Wild” Card playoff game last night that lasted 4 hours and 50 minutes (the longest 9-inning game in major league baseball history, not counting 76 minutes of rain delays!), the Yanks beat the Cleveland Indians 10-9 in the ninth inning, advancing to the American League Division…
