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Daily Archives: January 14th, 2011

Friday Night Music

A couple of repeats, each suggested in part by recent events. My wife suggested this song in tribute to Obama’s masterful performance, which, at least for one brief shining moment, did seem to bridge the troubled waters. And this one occurred to me, though I won’t try to articulate why.

Channeling the Dead

I recently read an article somewhere on the vast internet, in which the point was made that we Americans have a tendency to venerate our political ancestors that is not necessarily a universal attribute. Britishers, the writer pointed out, do not cite William Pitt to validate their political positions, much less debate about his position […]