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Bravo, John Sterling!

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April 16, 2024

I’m convinced that John Sterling, long-time radio announcer for the New York Yankees, has pinstripes running through his veins. He called 5,420 regular season Yankee games and another 211 postseason games. Retiring, effective immediately, he’ll be recognized in a pregame ceremony this Saturday before the Yanks host the Tampa Rays…
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Culture, Film / TV / Theater Review, Music, Remembrance

The Henry Mancini Centennial / Song of the Day #2115

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April 16, 2024

One hundred years ago on this date, the great composer, conductor, and arranger Henry Mancini was born. Winner of four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, twenty Grammy Awards, and a posthumous Lifetime Grammy Achievement Award, Mancini composed some of the most memorable scores and cinematic songs of the twentieth century—from…
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Personal, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Rand Studies, Remembrance

Remembering Nathaniel Branden

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April 9, 2024

On this date in 1930, psychotherapist and writer Nathaniel Branden was born. Back on December 3, 2014, upon his death, I wrote a heartfelt tribute to him: “Nathaniel Branden: Love and Friendship Eternal.” The generosity and support that he showed me and my family during some of our most difficult…
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Culture, Education, Music, Remembrance

Brooklyn Tech – Class of 1984 Prom Memories

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April 8, 2024

This weekend is the Brooklyn Tech High School Homecoming. Back on June 6, 1984, I was privileged to provide a mixtape for Prom Night at Les Mouches, a dance club in Manhattan, for the Brooklyn Tech High School Class of 1984. (Yeah, I had connections with Ski! 😉 ) I…
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Dialectics, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Rand Studies

Molinari Article Now Available!

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April 3, 2024

My reply to Gus diZerega’s essay, “Turning the Tables: The Pathologies and Unrealized Promise of Libertarianism,” which appeared in the Autumn 2019 issue of Molinari Review, is now available online as a pdf. The article explores various dialectical libertarian themes. Check it out here!
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Culture, Film / TV / Theater Review, Remembrance

Sassy 100 – Sarah Vaughan and Mel Torme

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March 27, 2024

This is a postscript to my Medium essay, “Sassy 100: Celebrating the Sarah Vaughan Centennial“! Today, March 27, 2024, to mark the actual date of the Sassy Centennial, an audio recording of Sarah Vaughan’s appearance with Mel Torme on The Merv Griffin Show, which aired on Metromedia Channel 5 in…
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Austrian Economics, Culture, Dialectics, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Rand Studies

Applied Austrian Economics

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March 26, 2024

Today, I’d like to bring attention to two videos that deal with topics surrounding the Austrian school of economics. The first is the Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture given by my long-time friend and colleague, Ed Younkins: “Ayn Rand and the Austrian Economists” [YouTube link]. Ed is particularly qualified to have…
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Film / TV / Theater Review, Music, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Remembrance

Sassy 100: Celebrating the Sarah Vaughan Centennial

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March 19, 2024

Next Wednesday, on March 27, 2024, we mark the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of legendary jazz vocalist, Sarah Vaughan. My article in tribute to the Sarah Vaughan Centennial makes its debut on Medium today: “Sassy 100: Celebrating the Sarah Vaughan Centennial.” Just as important, today is the debut…
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Culture, Dialectics, Education, Elections, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy, Pedagogy, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Sexuality

Practical Politics for Left-Libertarians

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March 17, 2024

As of this date, despite the presence of various third-party candidates in the 2024 election cycle, it is virtually inevitable that either Donald Trump or Joe Biden is going to serve another term in the White House. But there are other political visions that are awaiting an audience. As an…
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Personal, Remembrance

Looking Back 55 Years: Our Cat Buttons

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March 17, 2024

On March 17, 1969, a neighbor’s cat gave birth to a litter of kittens and among them was our cat Buttons. He was the kitten we chose and in June of that year, he came to live with us. He was with us until March 16, 1987, when he passed…
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