Top Comments: Pre-K in a Surprising Place edition
“Keep those cards and letters … OK, and e-mails and Tweets … plus text messages coming, folks”. A look at how a red state not known for academic innovation became a leader in one aspect … and the...
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CHEERS to Bill and Michael in PWM, our Wyoming-based friend Irish Patti and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. Have a fabulous weekend .... and week ahead.ART NOTES — a career retrospective...
View ArticleTop Comments: the Nixon Enemies List edition
In the words of the late Dean Martin, “Keep those cards and letters coming in, folks”. A famous list (actually, two) that caused a good deal of consternation in 1973 …. But first: Top Comments...
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View ArticleTop Comments: Amazing Journeys edition
Two stories of exploration mixed with folly and audacity, after the jump ……. But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across...
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CHEERS to Bill and Michael in PWM, our Wyoming-based friend Irish Patti and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. If you celebrate it, Happy Easter. And to all: a fabulous weekend .... and week...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News & Humor (alas, without a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
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View ArticleTop Comments: Drinking Liberally edition
“Keep those cards and letters coming, folks” Here is my (nearly) annual exhortation to seek out like-minded people at public meet-ups, after the jump ….. But first:...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News and Humor (alas, again without a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
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View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (and the return of the "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleTop Comments: the Too Early to Tell edition
“Keep those cards and letters coming, folks”. A look at a famous quote, and efforts to clarify its meaning … after the jump ... But first: Top Comments appears...
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I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleTop Comments: the Books by Friends edition
Two mini-book reviews of authors I know (in full disclosure), after the jump …… Keep those Top Comments cards and letters (and e-mails) coming, folks ……………… But first: Top Comments appears...
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CHEERS to Bill and Michael in PWM, our Wyoming-based friend (and DNC delegate in Philadelphia) Irish Patti and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. Have a fabulous weekend .... and week...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
CHEERS to Bill and Michael in PWM, our Wyoming-based friend Irish Patti and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. Have a fabulous weekend .... and week ahead.ART NOTES — a photography exhibit...
View ArticleTop Comments: the Conservative Insult edition
An open forum, seeking your favorite conservative insults intended for us liberals, after the jump …... But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely...
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