tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7066258753302591616..comments2024-03-28T11:28:51.868-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: From the Economist: "A curfew tolls..."Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63910693306100193932016-12-26T21:51:36.148-06:002016-12-26T21:51:36.148-06:00Ahhh. Got it. I guess the preview picture now up i...Ahhh. Got it. I guess the preview picture now up is a hint of what's to come. Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831580101168618303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36417189584630197862016-12-26T21:45:57.308-06:002016-12-26T21:45:57.308-06:00No. It got pushed to Tuesday. No. It got pushed to Tuesday. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-44014210156935870972016-12-26T20:07:26.333-06:002016-12-26T20:07:26.333-06:00I'm so confused. Is this the " hell"...I'm so confused. Is this the " hell" you promised ( threatened? ) would appear on Monday?? Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831580101168618303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55023555814908631222016-12-26T18:58:30.969-06:002016-12-26T18:58:30.969-06:00Will we see a follow up on Mark Johnson, the homel...Will we see a follow up on Mark Johnson, the homeless guy with the red van from 3 years ago? The police Johnson was a really cool guy. I hope he didn't lose his job being kind and reasonable.<br /><br />Johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67655314704573692862016-12-26T13:05:19.833-06:002016-12-26T13:05:19.833-06:00Thank you for the gift of the narration of the bir...Thank you for the gift of the narration of the birth and death of Whitechapel Bell Foundry. As a bonus, I was able to read the rather lengthy, but insightful, essay about Barack Obama's presidency.<br /><br />Johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14874533071103730272016-12-26T11:56:13.767-06:002016-12-26T11:56:13.767-06:00I was glad to learn of the existence and demise of...I was glad to learn of the existence and demise of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, and most impressed by the obituary: By the vividness of the prose and the evocation of history. The only thing not covered is a clue to where one can now go to have one's broken bell mended. "I'm sure I don't know, Says the great bell of Bow."<br /><br />The Economist is indeed a magazine for adults. And a good source of information on what goes on beyond our borders.<br /><br />An early editor was Walter Bagehot, author of "The English Constitution," and remembered for the epigrammatic quality of his pronouncements. And their continuing pertinence. "There is no one more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind," evokes modern day figures in the mold of Ted Cruz. And one need only substitute "tweeting" for "speech" to find contemporary relevance in "The habit of common and continuous public speech is a symptom of mental deficiency."<br /><br />Tom Evans Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.com