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2021

The T-34: possibly the best tank of WW IIoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2021
Looking around the media before Yom Kippuroriginal ↗
15 Sept 2021
Apartment building collapse in Israel: miraculously, nobody got hurtoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2021
COVID19 mini-update, September 12, 2021: Biden’s vexatious vaccination mandate trial balloonoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2021
Sabbath music remembrance: Paradigm Blue, “Bravado” (9/11 tribute)original ↗
11 Sept 2021
“Boomer”, “Generation X”, “Millenials: are generational cohorts based on ubiquitous technology more meaningful?original ↗
10 Sept 2021
Portland State U. professor resigns, saying university has become an indoctrination milloriginal ↗
9 Sept 2021
Krupp, Berthold Beitz, and repentanceoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2021
Shana tovaoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2021
On “experts” and having skin in the gameoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2021
Sabbath musical delight II: Angela Hewitt live at Wigmore Hall plays Bach’s Art of Fugue BWV 1080original ↗
4 Sept 2021
Sabbath musical delight: Genesis, “Eleventh Earl of Mar”original ↗
3 Sept 2021
Turtleboy of the week: (thank G-d) former Israeli PM Ehud Olmertoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2021
COVID19 mini-update, September 1, 2021: Israel booster sitreporiginal ↗
1 Sept 2021
Focus, “Sylvia”: original and piano coveroriginal ↗
29 Aug 2021
Sabbath musical delight: what the Alexander Piano, the world’s longest grand, sounds likeoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2021
COVID19 mini-update, August 27, 2021: recovery vs. vaccination immunity redux; Israeli study on Pfizer side effectsoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2021
Hoover Institute “Goodfellas” on Afghanistan tragedy and “Papier-Maché Tiger”original ↗
26 Aug 2021
Of special interest: “The Peril of Politicizing Science”original ↗
25 Aug 2021
Harry S Truman couldn’t make ends meet after the Presidency? Think againoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2021
Col. (ret.) Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, takes Biden to the woodshedoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2021
A picture says more than a thousand words, Afghanistan “Dumbkirk” editionoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2021
Sabbath musical delight: Rick Beato interviews fusion jazz legend Pat Methenyoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2021
COVID19 mini-update, August 20, 2021: recovery vs. vaccine immunity; Moderna superior to Pfizer?; Israel expands booster shots; FB censor fail of the dayoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2021
Comment essays on the Afghanistan debacle: the death of accountability, and “everything is possible when nothing is real”original ↗
19 Aug 2021
The three (actually, four) Defenestrations of Pragueoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2021
Afghanistan tragedy: “0bamacare and the DMV had a baby”original ↗
17 Aug 2021
COVID micro-update, August 16, 2021: Israel expands Pfizer booster campaignoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2021
VJ Day and 75 India Independence Dayoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2021
The solo in “In That Quiet Earth” by Genesis: a study in exotic modal scalesoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2021
Sabbath musical delight: J. S. Bach (arr. Ira Levin), “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele” BWV 654original ↗
13 Aug 2021
Sir Dermot Turing on the true story of breaking Enigmaoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2021
COVID19 mini-update, Perseid Meteor Shower Day edition: Israeli PM nixes 4th lockdown; sitrep from Japanoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2021
New COVID variant, especially dangerous to women and nursing home residents, resigns as governor; a reflection on the UN “Climate Code Red”original ↗
10 Aug 2021
Antony Beevor on the Soviet role on the Eastern Frontoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2021
Col. David Glantz on the circumstances of the 1944 (Polish Home Army) Warsaw uprisingoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2021
Sabbath musical delight: J. S. Bach, “Wedding Quodlibet” BWV 524 (commentary from Bach-Cantatas.com and from the Minnesota Bach Society)original ↗
7 Aug 2021
75 years ago to the day…original ↗
6 Aug 2021
COVID19 mini-update, August 5, 2021: delta sitrep from Israeloriginal ↗
5 Aug 2021
John Anderson interviews Carl Trueman on modern hedonism and radical subjectivism [my paraphrase]original ↗
4 Aug 2021
Bureaucratic entropy: it’s a thingoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2021
How a German-Israeli rabbi became a US Army chaplainoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2021
d’ARP interviews Tony Banks of Genesis about his experiences with her father’s synthesizers (ARP)original ↗
1 Aug 2021
Sabbath musical delight: J. S. Bach, Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major BWV 564. An Italian Concerto for organoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2021
Björn Lomborg: “I believe in global warming, but… on balance it’s actually SAVING lives.” [my paraphrase]. What gives?original ↗
30 Jul 2021
Geddy Lee Day post: Rush, “Second Nature”original ↗
29 Jul 2021
Bach’s final fugueoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2021
Haj Amin al-Husseini’s poisonous legacyoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2021
RIP Jackie Mason z”loriginal ↗
26 Jul 2021
COVID19 mini-update, July 25, 2021: waning protection against infection — but largely conserved against severe diseaseoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2021
Sabbath musical delight, Tu be-Av edition: Joe Satriani, “Love Thing”original ↗
24 Jul 2021
Frederick Forsyth and Lee Child hosted by the Daily Telegraphoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2021
Eye-opening thread on why Trump voters distrust media and believe the 2020 election was riggedoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2021
Marco Rubio schools Senate about Cuba protests; the 3rd player in the Ben & Jerry‘s fracasoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2021
Valkyrie Day post: excerpt from “Operation Flash, Ep. 4: Hungarian Rhapsody” [draft]original ↗
20 Jul 2021
Tisha be-Av: the story of Kamtza and bar-Kamtzaoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2021
Sabbath musical delight, Cuba Libre editionoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2021
The Merkava: Israel’s main battle tankoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2021
COVID19 update, July 15, 2021: Israel, UK not panicking about delta variantoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2021
Bastille Dayoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2021
Impromptu: Is the sudden collapse of Champlain Towers South an omen for the US economy?original ↗
13 Jul 2021
Why didn’t the Luftwaffe bomb the British radar stations during the Battle of Britain?original ↗
12 Jul 2021
The oligarchy’s worst nightmare: an alliance of left-populists and right-populistsoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2021
Sabbath musical delight: two guitarists whose style was shaped by hand injuries, Django Reinhardt and Toni Iommioriginal ↗
10 Jul 2021
Two must-see videos: (1) analysis of the Surfside condominium collapse; (2) House testimony about “gain-of-function” researchoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2021
Must-see interview: Joel Kotkin on the coming new feudalismoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2021
Circus Netanyahu and the virtue of term limitsoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2021
Did Stalin’s USSR nearly become the 4th partner of the Axis?!original ↗
5 Jul 2021
Happy Fourth of Julyoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2021
Sabbath musical delight: Chick Corea, others at the Montreux Jazz Festivaloriginal ↗
3 Jul 2021
COVID19 update, July 1, 2021: mRNA vaccines and myocarditis revisitedoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2021
Why your favorite musicians are broke [some parallels with writers]original ↗
30 Jun 2021
Turtleboy of the week: Nike CEO says his company is “of China and for China” during earnings call; inaugural “profstitutes of the week” awardoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2021
The power of intolerant minoritiesoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2021
Dark musical beauty: “Absolomb” by Peripheryoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2021
COVID19 mini-update, June 27, 2021: is the delta bark worse than its bite?original ↗
27 Jun 2021
Sabbath musical delight: J. S. Bach, Pastorale in F major BWV 590 and Aria with Variations in the Italian Style BWV 989original ↗
26 Jun 2021
COVID19 update, June 25, 2021: the delta and “delta+” variants; ivermectinoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2021
Breaking: US Senate preserves filibuster, blocking Orwellian-named “For The People” HR-1original ↗
23 Jun 2021
Media meltdown, summer solstice edition: why Twitter is extremely unrepresentative of the public; NYT’s Jonathan Weisman is our Turtleboy of the Monthoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2021
COVID19 mini-update, June 20, 2021: delta (“Indian”) variant now 99% of cases in UK; what do we know about the variants at this point; more vitamin D evidence; Israel-PA dispute on Pfizer vaccines transferoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2021
Musical sabbath delight: Martha Argerich at 80original ↗
19 Jun 2021
Catching up: Jon Stewart mocks ‘wet market’ COVID origin story; Niall Ferguson and VDH on wokeism as a religionoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2021
The Invisible Sculpture Sale is Symbolic of the Systematic Shams Elites Expect Us to Swalloworiginal ↗
16 Jun 2021
COVID19 mini-update, June 15, 2021: Israel drops indoor mask requirement, last vestige of COVID restrictionsoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2021
Unprecedented Israeli government sworn in: Netanyahu finally heads to oppositionoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2021
Sabbath musical delight: “La Folia”, to the Baroque era what “the 12-bar blues” is to the 20th century?original ↗
12 Jun 2021
Economic “long COVID” aftereffects: Apple Campus and normalization of remote working; global chip shortage; Bidenflationoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2021
Three quick takesoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2021
77th anniversary of D-Day: the somewhat under-appreciated Juno Beach landingsoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2021
Sabbath musical delight: Händel’s keyboard suite in D minor, HWV 428original ↗
5 Jun 2021
“The amazing Madoff clawback”: The surprising silver lining of the Bernie Madoff scandaloriginal ↗
4 Jun 2021
End of an era? Yair Lapid announces a post-Netanyahu “government of change” has been assembled [updated: full cabinet list]original ↗
2 Jun 2021
The surprising etymology of “bugger” — as a term for neo-gnosticist hereticoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2021
Memorial Day post II: the defense of Antwerp against V-1 “buzzbombs”original ↗
31 May 2021
Derp-seal of the week: WaPo “fact-checker” Glenn Kessleroriginal ↗
30 May 2021
Memorial Day post: the forgotten battle for the Scheldt Estuaryoriginal ↗
30 May 2021
Sabbath musical delight: J. S. Bach, “Peasants Cantata” BWV 212original ↗
29 May 2021
The Dutch “Hunger Winter” and two medical discoveries resulting from itoriginal ↗
28 May 2021
Turtleboy of the month: John Cena, apologizing for calling Taiwan a countryoriginal ↗
27 May 2021
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