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Gene Shalit, Chanteur
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How to Talk Finance
Like any industry or professional practice, financial services, the leafy, warm-hearted vineyard in which I toiled for two decades, has jargon unique to…
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Ear Ye, Ear Ye, Ear Ye!
On the evening of June 28, 1997, in the middle of a Heavyweight Championship fight in Paradise, Nevada, Iron Mike Tyson bit off the top of Evander…
Mar 27
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A Foul Perfume
This fashion icon was the illegitimate daughter of an itinerant French street vendor and an impoverished laundry woman in a charity hospital run by…
Mar 27
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A Brainiac Birthday
Professor Joseph Campbell, 1904 - 1987, was a hugely influential writer and thinker in comparative religion and mythology. For young people like me in…
Mar 26
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Is Your Keister Ready for Easter?
William R “Bill” Snow, an expert on mergers and acquisitions, was on NPR just now talking about Nordstrom’s effort to go private. The family that…
Mar 25
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Oh, God, Really?
There are an estimated 35,496 independent or non-denominational churches within the Christian faith according to the Association of Religion Data…
Mar 24
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Studies in Grey
Leesa and I were at the theatre yesterday afternoon for a performance of Les Miserables. The singing was wonderful, but I found the plot risible. In the…
Mar 24
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Hat Head
Next Tuesday is National Wear A Hat Day in the United Kingdom and naturally I’m in the thick of frantic preparations. As the proud owner of a vast…
Mar 23
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Dutch Much?
In late August 1664, the Burgomasters and Schepens (mayors and aldermen) of New Amsterdam - currently Lower Manhattan - were faced with “four King’s…
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What in the Name of God?
I toil happily at the National Racing Museum and Hall of Fame across from the Saratoga Track and the fun for me are the rich stories the place holds…
Mar 22
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And... CUT!
A Steampunk Night at the Freaky-Deaky Cinema
Mar 21
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