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Continue reading →: Dexter the Dog
Dexter the Dog … an inspiration, from Ouray, Colorado (the place that inspired Galt’s Gulch in Ayn Rand‘s Atlas Shrugged) …
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1953
Song of the Day: Passionfruit features the words and music of Nana Rogues and Aubrey Drake Graham, who recorded this song for his 2017 playlist mixtape, “More Life.” Drake’s Top Ten hit mixes elements of tropical house, R&B, pop, and dancehall into a sensuous blend. Check it out here [YouTube…
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Continue reading →: “The Dialectics of Liberty” Reviewed in RAE
I was notified today of a wonderful review of The Dialectics of Liberty: Exploring the Context of Human Freedom (2019, Lexington Books) which I coedited with Roger Bissell and Ed Younkins. “Freedom in Context” by Alexander W. Craig, appears in the current Review of Austrian Economics. An excerpt from that…
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Continue reading →: James Caan, RIP
I first saw the Bronx-born James Caan in a heartbreaking 1971 ABC Movie of the Week, “Brian’s Song“, about the life of Chicago Bears football player Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer at the age of 26. The poignant story was told through the eyes of Piccolo’s friend, Gale Sayers…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1952
Song of the Day: American Pie, words and music by Don McLean, was the title track to the artist’s 1971 album. The folk-rock song would hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1972, and would be dubbed “one of the most successful and debated songs of the 20th…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1951
Song of the Day: Sweet Cherry Wine, words and music by Richard Grasso and Tommy James, appeared on the 1969 psychedelic rock album “Cellophane Symphony,” by Tommy James and the Shondells. This anti-Vietnam War protest song was among those included on the jukebox at the Stonewall Inn in the early…
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Continue reading →: It’s Mourning in America
If you are among those conservative folks who simultaneously believes that abortion—even in the first trimester—is murder, and you also happen to be in favor of the death penalty, I hope you’ll be ready to start executing women and doctors who defy your celebration of today’s US Supreme Court ruling,…
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Continue reading →: Ski Visits II
The “Ski Visits” continue! My sister Elizabeth “Ms. Ski” Sciabarra and I wanted to extend our love and appreciation to two very dear friends—who stopped by today to say “Hi” and spread cheer: Rose De Pinto and Barbara Esmilla. (L-R) Rose De Pinto, Elizabeth Sciabarra, Barbara Esmilla Postscript (15 July…
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Continue reading →: The Seventh Annual Summer Music Festival (Edible Edition) / Song of the Day #1950
At 5:14 am (ET) today, June 21, 2022, the Summer Solstice arrived in the Northern hemisphere. And that means I begin my Seventh Annual Summer Music Festival (Edible Edition). All the songs I’ve picked for this year’s festival reference fruits, blossoms, wines, pies, and so forth, to give us a…
