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Lenore Skenazy Addresses A Conference of Big-wigs, June 2, 2009
REMARKS OF LENORE SKENAZY, AUTHOR OF “FREE-RANGE KIDS: GIVING OUR CHILDREN THE FREEDOM WE HAD WITHOUT GOING NUTS WITH WORRY.” Hi. It’s lovely to be here and I’m actually glad you let me through…
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A Little Night Music With Lera Auerbach
Nearly a week has passed since my friend Jim Stubenrauch and I attended Lera Auerbach’s private recital and in the musical equivalent of what dance critic Arlene Croce called “after-images” I am still…
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in nonsense of defense, and verse vica [Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Beloved Bleaders, The Seedish are a red haired branch of that long line of sourdough from which our saltines, in a pinch, can liberate the farmer’s plow. Oh pigeon. Oh my death in…
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Two lame puns…
Judge me if you must. 1. Why does the upper half of North America drink only ginger ale? Because Canada's Dry. 2. Did you hear about the painter who went to…
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“The Birthday of the World” [by David Shapiro]
The Birthday of the World for David Lehman's In Jewish theology, there are reasons why certain holidays are two days and some are one.Why, do you think, David Lehman?You might…
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Not Blogging from Bologna (by Sally Ashton)
I returned from Italy at the beginning of June. I've been back about 3 weeks. I do keep my own blog, but I didn't post during the trip since I was traveling lighter than…
