Category Archives: COVID-19

A short shaggy song tale

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Naomi

Thursday night I went to hear the New York Philharmonic. The orchestra’s place of business, now called David Geffen Hall (want your name on a building? One hundred million dollars will do the trick), was ripped up and renovated during … Continue reading →

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Why did the madness take over people’s minds?

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Naomi

For all these years, since 2016, there is that agonizing question: why did people we thought were intelligent and rational vote for Trump? My current answer — which I admit emerges from a sort of intellectual stupor coming from the … Continue reading →

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Bizarre and hilarious facts from Harper’s Weekly Review

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Naomi

How many times did I laugh? And/or wince? Uncountable. You too should have this pleasure, ergo… You Think Our Country Is Bad? Department •Two days after losing an election, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who said that a congresswoman was too … Continue reading →

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