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The singer
My parents both loved great singers, so I was exposed to a lot of them. One of my favorites then and now is the great Tony Bennett. Here’s a link to a 2002 appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival. Bookmark It
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Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime
Jonathan Coulton: Bookmark It
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The liberation of Ebenezer Scrooge
I’m not going to ruin this by pulling an excerpt. Just go read Fred Clark’s essay about Ebenezer Scrooge – and Jamie Dimon. Bookmark It
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Virtually Speaking tonight
Beginning 5pm pacific, 8pm eastern Hour 1: Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd discuss this week in movement liberalism. Hour 2: CW Anderson, an ethnographer who studies the news, and how changes in technology, culture and economics are shaping journalism, will join us to discuss the concept of Hacking Journalism. You can find Chris at http://www.cwanderson.org/ or follow @chanders Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtuallyspeaking/2011/12/23/virtually-speaking-with-jay-ackroyd-c-w-anderson Bookmark It
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A Christmas Song
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Credit where it’s due on mercury ruling
David Roberts of Grist does a nice job of summing up the importance of the new EPA rule regarding the emission of mercury and other toxins from coal- and oil-fired power plants: … This one is a Big Deal. It’s worth lifting our heads out of the news cycle and taking a moment to appreciate that history is being made. Finally controlling mercury and toxics will be an advance on par with getting lead out of gasoline. It will save [...]
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The only Christmas album you’ll ever need! A Phil Spector Christmas: Bookmark It
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Solstice
And it was Jane who spoke she said, it’s true, your cousin’s not a Christian “But we love trees, we love the snow, the friends we have, the world we share And you find magic from your God And we find magic everywhere.” “The Christians and the Pagans,” Dar Williams. A very happy holiday season to everyone who’s celebrating. I dedicate this song to you and yours: So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table Finding faith [...]
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Kristof can be infuriatingly pompous (moralistic?) at times and then he can be spot on. This column was spot on.