Monday, February 28, 2022

Rising to the Occasion: In Praise of Volodymyr Zelensky

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It was William Shakespeare's character Malvolio, in Act III of the play "Twelfth Night," who said, "Some are born great.....
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Making Memories: Some Thoughts About a Birthday (Mine) and an Anniversary (Rush's)

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I never thought of myself as an especially memorable person-- I mean, yes, I knew I was different from the way girls in the 1950s were suppo...
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Monday, January 31, 2022

Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover

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I've never liked the word "disability." I understand that whoever came up with it probably meant well, but it gives the impres...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

The Conversation We Never Seem to Have

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Early on Saturday afternoon, we heard the news that an angry man had burst into a synagogue not far from Fort Worth, Texas, and he was holdi...
Friday, December 31, 2021

Saying Goodbye (and Good Riddance) to 2021

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I was working on my 2021 retrospective blog post this afternoon when I got the news that Betty White had died. She was nearly 100-- and so h...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Facing Down the Future Coming Fast

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I was on a Rush Deep Dive webcast several days ago, and the song I was asked to analyze, from the "Hold Your Fire" album, was ...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

First Ladies Get No Respect

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Well, evidently Jill Biden is a failure, at least according to about 50% of the folks online: her Christmas decorations are boring and ordin...
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