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Continue reading →: World Series 2024: Play Ball!
Mike Lupica on World Series 2024: “All that Yankees-Dodgers history, as these two teams and all these star players try to make more, starting Friday night. Judge tries to win his first World Series. So does Ohtani. Two biggest stars in the game. Two biggest cities. Let’s do this. Once…
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Continue reading →: World Series 2024: Yankees vs. Dodgers
The New York Mets, who gave us an exciting 2024 postseason, lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight, as LA advances to the World Series to faceoff against the American League Champion New York Yankees. Given that the very notion of a “Subway Series” is rooted in the rivalry between…
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Continue reading →: Moneyball
I know there are a lot of folks out there who despise the New York Yankees and there are many folks who will say ‘boo-hoo’ anytime I talk about their history over my lifetime. I have been a Yankees fan since I was about 5 years old. In other words,…
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Continue reading →: Subway Series?
Sometimes, life throws you lots of curveballs. But it’s never too crazy to forget about baseball. Congratulations to the feisty New York Mets who clinched their series against the Phillies and who will open in Los Angeles tonight against the Dodgers, vying for the National League Pennant. And congratulations to…
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Continue reading →: RIP Mary Jannace, 1922–2024
My dear Aunt Mary passed away today at the age of 102. Born on June 19, 1922, in Lowell, Massachusetts to Rev. Vasilios and Polixene Michalopoulos, she moved to Brooklyn, New York in the late 1920s, as her father became founding pastor of the Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church. My…
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Continue reading →: Decision 2024 (V): A Study in Comics
There’s a lot going on right now in my life, and I’ve had little time to write about the ongoing 2024 presidential campaign. For what it’s worth, like most others, I suspect the election will be close, even if the tip of a few swing states might provide the winner…
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Continue reading →: RIP Stephen Cox, 1948-2024
Late last month, I learned that my dear friend and longtime colleague, Stephen D. Cox, died on September 6, 2024. I knew Stephen for more than thirty years. A literary and cultural historian, Stephen was Professor of Literature and Director of the Humanities Program at the University of California, San…
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Continue reading →: RIP, Maggie Smith
From her Oscar-winning turn in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” to “Downton Abbey” and her wonderful presence in the Harry Potter franchise, she was one of the finest of her generation. RIP, Maggie Smith (1934-2024).
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2150
Song of the Day: Cruel Summer features the words and music of Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, and the three founding members—Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodword—of the group Bananarama that brought us this 1983 song. Though issued initially as a stand-alone single, the song was eventually included on the…
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Continue reading →: Should Libertarians be Attempting to Influence Culture: A Discussion with Winton Bates and Chris Matthew Sciabarra (II)
This discussion also appears on the Freedom and Flourishing blog of Winton Bates. As the graphic might suggest, the focus of the second edition of our collaborative efforts is Chris Matthew Sciabarra’s view of the role of culture in the relations of power in modern societies. However, before Chris presents…
