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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1834
Song of the Day: Mary Poppins (“Stay Awake”), words and music by brothers Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, is a sweet lullabye sung by Oscar-winning actress Julie Andrews in this classic Disney tale. Yesterday, we dreamed. Today, we’re staying awake with a selection from this Oscar-winning score. Check…
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Continue reading →: Rand 116 … Still Challenging Traditions
Today is the 116th anniversary of the birth of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand. Interestingly, on Sunday, the New York Times Book Review published an Alan Wolfe-penned essay on Benjamin M. Friedman’s book, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Amazingly, Wolfe took aim at Friedman’s attempts to connect free markets…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1833
Song of the Day: The American President (“I Have Dreamed”), words and music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, was originally featured in the 1951 Broadway production of “The King and I,” but was never heard in the 1956 film version, except as a background theme prior to “We…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1832
Song of the Day: The Wizard of Oz (“Follow the Yellow Brick Road/We’re Off to See the Wizard”), music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Yip Harburg, begins my seventeenth annual Film Music February. This song is a highlight of one of the most beloved films in cinema history: the 1939…
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Continue reading →: My Seventeenth Annual Film Music February Will Continue …
A couple of months ago, I wrote up all the entries to what will be my seventeenth annual tribute to film scores, or what I like to call “Film Music February.” It’s been a crazy year, but even throughout all the craziness, if you cannot find a moment of respite…
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Continue reading →: “The Dialectics of Liberty”: Reviewed in “The Philosophical Quarterly”
Reviews for The Dialectics of Liberty: Exploring the Context of Human Freedom (Lexington Books, 2019) are slowly appearing throughout the scholarly literature, with more to come. Today, I’m posting excerpts from a review by Gregory J. Robson (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University) that appears in The…
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Continue reading →: Facebook Addiction
You try to quit, and just when you thought you were out (or canceled), they pull you back in! H/T to Stephan Pastis of “Pearls Before Swine“:
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Continue reading →: Jeff Riggenbach, RIP
I met Jeff Riggenbach many, many years ago at a libertarian conference when I was in my early 20s. I had first encountered his singular voice in a New York Times article published on June 24, 1979: “In Praise of Decadence” (before publishing a book of that name) and later,…
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Continue reading →: Twelve Months of COVID …
“Pearls Before Swine” (courtesy of Stephan Pastis and the New York Daily News) returns from vacation, looking back at the past year … not meant to minimize the very real tragedies that continue to, quite literally, plague us …
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Continue reading →: Cheering for Ski!
I just wanted to extend my thanks to the many people who keep sending their good wishes for my sister’s recovery. One of her colleagues sent this YouTube video to me—when Ms. Ski (as she has always been affectionately called) was showing how much rhythm she’s got, with the Brooklyn…
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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