Ahhh, gone at 82. Here's a little bit about his writing of Hallelujah, maybe his most famous song – Even before three hundred other performers made Hallelujah famous with their cover versions … Dylan recognized the beauty of its marriage of the sacred and the profane. He asked Cohen how long it took him to write. … Read more
I was watching CNN when he made the remark Tuesday night – born of frustration over his side losing. Jones of course a rabid Democrat who worked in the Obama Administration and now is a commentator on CNN. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt even though he sounds bigoted.
If you can get a copy, do. I haven't finished working my way through it all, but will.
Off C-Span
Posting as the NY Times/Nate Silver operation has it essentially wrapped for Trump. He was certainly not my favorite candidate but I've always been a Never Hillary person.
I’ve excerpted the first quote below the link – the third excerpt (of three) really lays out the Catholic Worker political and economic thoughts – but you’ll need to hit the link to read it, and it’s laid out as bullet points. The author of this posting is a professor and dean in the Villanova … Read more
I have no clue. Either of them could win by 5%. Clinton has the organization, media and Wall Street, Trump has the enthusiasm. I got the following off a facebook posting by a friend of mine named Mike (not my college roommate Mike) and it kind of sums up my feelings on the election – … Read more
From the health and fitness section of the NYT – a good article. Here's a link that's a one paragraph excerpt; hit it for the whole article which takes five minutes to read. Those men and women who, according to their activity trackers, had exercised moderately for at least 150 minutes per week were about … Read more
Yup. That's me. Life is unfair – unless your born first… Eat your heart out, Jim and Phil. Actually this article is very interesting and can be read in six or eight minutes. Our recently published findings are the first to suggest advantages of first born siblings start very early in life—around zero to three … Read more
An article from the Guardian (UK). American Cancer Society and Lancet studies point to devastating increases, mostly in poorer countries, with breast cancer diagnoses set to almost double “Most of the deaths occur in young and middle-aged adults”, placing a heavy burden on families and national economies, said Sally Cowal, senior vice-president of global health … Read more