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Monday, April 15. 2024I missed a bookBut I am catching up: A Man in Full Tom Wolfe was a sly observer of people like the journalist that he was.
Flying a jetliner can be complexYou can't leave it to the computers Monday morning linksAn 85-year-old woman was handcuffed to a chair during an armed home invasion. She killed the robber and survived. Suicide Mission - What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane DR MAX PEMBERTON: It's time to prescribe some tough love: How work can help cure the mental health epidemic The Prophets: Eric Hoffer - In 1951, a book by an unschooled dockworker predicted the forces that would give rise to radical politics on the left, populism on the right—and a president like Donald Trump. The Bargain with Government Is Coming Apart Rebranding DEI: How Colleges Are Getting Around State Bans Why Did Harvard Fire Martin Kulldorff? 'Revolutionary Suicide': UCLA Psychiatrists Cheer Self-Immolation in Leaked Audio. Med school talk glorified self-harm, violated CDC guidance, experts say The NPR Fallout. Iran’s Attack. Plus. . .A sneak peek from our debate in Dallas. Heartbreak for the ‘Golden Bachelor.’ And more. "This Person Is A Crazy Racist": New NPR CEO Exposed As Woke Activist The Week In Doom: Follow The Science Edition Biden Admin Locking Down HALF of Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve From Energy Development Ontario resident who wants both a vagina and penis wins public funding for unique surgery JK Rowling and the Cass report reckoning The Inevitable Result of Intersectional Gender Studies The Arsonist - Tucker Carlson whitewashed murderers to set fire to evangelical-Jewish relations It increasingly feels as though the Biden administration is sacrificing Israel at the altar of electoral calculation. REMINDER: The Biden Administration Granted Iran Billions in New Sanctions Relief Just One Month Ago
Sunday, April 14. 2024A good funeral
Roman Catholic funeral Mass in their family church (had not been there since marrying), then trooped through charming Paterson to the cemetery to bury the ashes, then a fine buffet lunch with an open bar of course - and my daughters made a slide show. Spend a few days mostly with all of my wife's mostly Irish relations. A jolly crew. They all loved the old shanachie, who would have been 97 this week. It was a family and friends reunion. Had some of my sibs and my grandkids there too, which makes things perfect. For the Mass, you must do approved readings and sing approved songs. My son did the eulogy and my daughters did the readings. At the lunch, people stood up and told stories. So good and right. Celebratory of a well-lived life. Many readers know this tear-jerker which is mostly scriptural lines:
From today's LectionaryLuke 24:36b-48 24:36b While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." 24:37 They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. 24:38 He said to them, "Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 24:39 Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." 24:40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 24:41 While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" 24:42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 24:43 and he took it and ate in their presence. 24:44 Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you--that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled." 24:45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 24:46 and he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, 24:47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 24:48 You are witnesses of these things. Saturday, April 13. 2024Bad pilotsThe Wreck of The BrokerThe Woodbridge (NJ) Train Disaster of 1951
Thursday, April 11. 2024A conversation with Coleman HughesFolk danceCool dancing, but not really traditional. This style was invented in the Ivory Coast in the 1950s.
No morning links for a couple of daysJust too many places to go and too much to do.
Thursday morning linksExplore the tradition and conservation of red grouse in Scotland with pointing dogs during the spring season. Tradwives, stay-at-home girlfriends and the dream of feminine leisure Marriage and babies really DO make women happier, says top researcher Doctors outraged as psychiatrist 'funded by big pharma' suggests antidepressants should be given over-the-counter Lukianoff: My First Amendment concerns with ‘The Anxious Generation’. I love and respect my friend and co-author Jonathan Haidt, but I don’t always agree with him. Even Senate Democrats Are Starting to Reject Biden's Radical Environmental Agenda The Latest On International Efforts To Save The Planet Through Climate Litigation The New Defenders of the Faith - Authors need to stop relying on victim narratives to sell books—not only because it tokenizes minorities, but also because it makes one dependent on the whims of liberal elites who are quick to adopt new pets Obama’s Americans - The former president’s atomized, placeless definition of who we are is a recipe for national disintegration US Drones Are Expensive And Error-Prone So Ukraine Turns To China Islamophobia Reconsidered America Is Now in the Business of Losing Wars Wednesday, April 10. 2024Cute bird du Jour: Bufflehead
Photo is a female. Males are more conspicuous. These little diving ducks winter across the US and northern Mexico, wherever they can find open water. Though legal, nobody hunts them. They are on the move now to their breeding grounds in northwestern Canada and Alaska. About Buffleheads
"First, fly the airplane"Crew errors, no deaths
Wednesday morning linksLost some of my links overnight - here's enough for today - " Nowadays, all unfortunate weather events–and even, in some quarters, earthquakes!–are blamed on “climate change.” Affirmative action Scrabble to hit shelves soon RETAILERS CLOSING AMID CRIME SURGE The UC’s Corner-Office Revolutionary - In a new memoir, a former academic administrator explains how she led the ideological campaign to enshrine DEI as a ‘core mission’ at the University of California. How long before the brave NPR editor exposing the woke broadcaster gets shown the door? The Ministry of BS Will See You Now Stuart's Wednesday Potpourri Matti Friedman: Why I Got a Gun. My Glock is an ugly little monument to the historic threat facing my family, my neighbors, and all of Israel. Haiti update Free Speech Champion Elon Musk Battles Brazil’s Supreme Justice over Censorship Tuesday, April 9. 2024FlyingTuesday morning linksABC’s Hostin Links Eclipses, Earthquakes, Cicadas to Climate Change The reckoning over puberty blockers has arrived Blocking Puberty Blockers Ontario schools blame social media after years of failing to educate School’s out forever as education bosses use any excuse to skip class. Randi Weingarten and teachers unions did what they could to keep schools closed Addiction Activists Say They’re ‘Reducing Harm’ in Philly. Locals Say They’re Causing It. Democrats See Ordinary Americans As the Great Unwashed The Cultural Elite Is More Absurd Than Ever UMass Amherst Researchers Claim Racism is Behind Efforts to Dismantle DEI Policies “citing sources such as NPR, MSNBC, and Axios” I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust. Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think. How We Got to 'Death to America' in Dearborn Two eclipse quips"The earthquake was better." "Took my wife to watch the eclipse. We didn't argue once, but that happens every eclipse."
Monday, April 8. 2024Eclipse musicMonday morning linksEclipses, earthquakes, and volanoes: Climate change is real Eclipse Hysteria. Antiracism in the Maternity Ward. Plus. . .Michael Walzer on Israel’s war, six months in. Suzy Weiss on marrying rich. And much more. NYC to Pay $17.5 Million After Muslim Women Forced to Remove Hijabs for Mugshots Breitbart, by Amy Furr VDH: 11 ways Biden and his handlers are hell-bent on destroying America. The path to civilizational destruction should be very familiar by now From Deepfakes to Arms Races, AI Politics Is Here Feminists accuse pro-trans activists of ‘intimidation’ on Scottish march Famine in Gaza? 'They cut off organs': Interrogator reveals Hamas terrorists' Oct. 7 atrocities. Police officers who interrogated Hamas Nukhba terrorists tell of the horrors that the terrorists partook in as the October 7 massacre unfolded. In late 2021, Hamas held a conference on what they would do after conquering Israel. Sunday, April 7. 2024What mechanical engineers know about airplanes, oil rigs, and ships
Remarkable "ordinary people" make things work. Not ordinary.
From today's LectionaryJohn 20:19-31 20:19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 20:20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 20:21 Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." 20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." 20:24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 20:25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe." 20:26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 20:27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." 20:28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" 20:29 Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." 20:30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 20:31 But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name. Saturday, April 6. 2024Can a 10 year-old land a B737?Saturday morning linksWokeness fun in Amherst, MA Democrats Warn Parents To Quickly Transition Their Kids Before They Grow Out Of It “When did college students’ notion of themselves as adults shift?” Cancel Culture is Girl Culture The Prophets: Andrea Dworkin - Decades ago, the feminist warned of the damage that is done to both men and women living in a culture drenched in pornography. We live in that culture today. It's normal, for ever. Sex is interesting to people. ILLEGALS Bringing in Fentanyl is FINE But YOU Better NOT Smoke a Menthol Cigarette… Deborah Birx "Tried To Sabotage" Meeting Between Trump And Top Scientists In August 2020 Hamas Founder’s Son: U.S. Gaza Supporters Belong in 'Insane Asylum' Americans Differ on Ukraine and Gaza Re Robert Frost
Friday, April 5. 2024The Dawkins piece on Christian culture
As I often explain, there are cultural differences. Western civilization has Christian foundations, regardless of individual attitudes. It's not about whether you go to church.
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