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“And the Angels Sing”
Music by Ziggy Elman (trumpet solo)Lyrics by Johnny MercerThe Benny Goodman OrchestraMartha Tilton (vocal solo), whose birthday this is
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What Next for the Market? [by Jonas Swedenborg]
Jonas Swedenborg is the pseudonym of a financial manager we know from college days. Every so often, we cajole him to writer a few words for the blog that will reflect the thinking of…
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New Work from David Alexander
We hear from the artist David Alexander: <<<<A selection of digital art pieces related to a recent print project of mine can now be seen on the website of the literature and art journal…
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Poem for Mitch Sisskind [by David Lehman]
On Veterans' Day let us remember the fallen, and honor them.It used to be Armistice Day.Now it is a three-day weekend.As King David would have said: How the mighty have fallen.But some things don't…
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On Veterans Day [by Stacey Lehman]
My dad landed on Omaha beach, not as part of the first wave, thank god, or I probably wouldn’t be here, but later, to clean up. He went on to fight in the Battle…
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A Poem for Veterans Day
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signing HR7786 June 1, 1954, changing Armistice Day to Veterans Day. Reconciliation Word over all, beautiful as the sky!Beautiful that war, and all its deeds of carnage, must in…
