Saturday, January 9, 2021

Quote of the Day (The Poet Virgil, on Singing)

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“If we fear the night may gather rain Ere we arrive, then singing let us go, Our way to lighten; and, that we may thus Go singing, I will ...
Friday, January 8, 2021

Photo of the Day: Woodrow Wilson’s Pierce-Arrow

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Presidential transitions can be fraught affairs. As I write this, a substantial portion of the country is worried about the mental state of ...

Quote of the Day (Frank McCourt, on His Students' Reaction to Required English Class Reading)

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“Put everything away and open your books. “What books? “Whatever books you have for English. “All we got is this Giants in the Earth ...
Thursday, January 7, 2021

Photo of the Day: Stone Point Park, Old Tappan, NJ

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This afternoon, while driving in northern New Jersey, I came across Stone Point Park . Founded in 1962, the site has four baseball fields, t...

Quote of the Day (Yascha Mounk, on ‘A President Who Openly Disdains Basic Constitutional Norms’)

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“For the first time in its history, the oldest and most powerful democracy in the world has elected a president who openly disdains basic co...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021

TV Quote of the Day (‘One Day at a Time,’ With Schneider on ‘One of the Basic Rules of Grammar’)

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Julie Cooper [ played by Mackenzie Phillips ]: “Barbara, do you spell 'faithful' with one 'L' or two 'Ls'?” Barb...
Tuesday, January 5, 2021

This Day in Revolutionary War History (Arnold Raid on Richmond Rattles Jefferson)

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Jan. 5, 1781—Facing only token opposition, Royal troops in Virginia under their notorious new commander, Benedict Arnold , plundered and des...