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Continue reading →: Facebook Prison!
For the first time in all the years I have been on Facebook, I got restricted for ONE WHOLE HOUR. What nerve! Apparently, I violated “Community Standards”. At first, I said to myself: “WTF!? What did Ebenezer Scrooge or Mr. Henry Potter suddenly seize control of the platform and take…
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Continue reading →: Brenda Lee at #1!
Good for Brenda Lee! Recorded in 1958, “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” took 65 years to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100! (And I featured it as my Song of the Day on December 29, 2007!) At the age of 78, Brenda finally got around to doing a video…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2077
Song of the Day: Lipstick features the words and music of Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Nathan Perez, Andrew Wansel, and Charlie Puth, who celebrates his 32nd birthday today. At 92 beats per minute, what DJs used to call a “sleaze beat“, the song sports a sensual, sultry old-school groove and is…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2076
Song of the Day: DJ Play a Christmas Song, words and music by Sarah Hudson, Brett McLaughlin, and James Abrahart, among others, is featured on the 2023 Cher album, “Christmas“. I first saw Cher perform this song at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade [YouTube link]. It’s hard to “believe” that…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2075
Song of the Day: My Time to Fly [YouTube link], composed by NJ-native Harriet Goldberg and featuring saxophonist Billy Novick, is probably one of the most heard pieces of music in the world. Have you ever been put on hold? And this jazzy musical ditty gets looped OVER AND OVER…
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Continue reading →: It’s been a year …
Elizabeth Sciabarra: September 2, 1952 – November 26, 2022 It’s been a year—since your suffering ended. It’s been a year—and I miss you so deeply. It’s been a year—but the gift of your love is eternal. It’s been a year—my Bitty, and I will always love you. Elizabeth Ann SciabarraSeptember…
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Continue reading →: Happy Thanksgiving
At a time when so many people in this world are suffering and in the depths of despair, I count my blessings for all the love and support of family and friends that have gotten me through one of the most difficult years of my life. My best wishes to…
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Continue reading →: Farewell, Aristos
Having served on the Board of Trustees of the Aristos Foundation for many years, I would like to report that Aristos: An Online Review of the Arts has finished its long publication history. Founded by Louis Torres in 1982 as a print publication, it ran from 1982 to 1997. Michelle…
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Continue reading →: Boettke on Lavoie
The fall 2023 issue of The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy (vol. 28, no. 2), focuses attention on “Underappreciated Economists”. One essay that resonated with me is written by my friend and colleague, Peter Boettke: “Don Lavoie: The Failures of Socialist Central Planning.” Boettke is in a unique…
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Continue reading →: SNL Goes Roman
After my post on the “Roman Empire Obsession?“, I laughed out loud at this “Saturday Night Live” skit this past weekend, featuring host Jason Momoa.
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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