• “Try a Little Tenderness”

    Updated: 2024-05-31 17:45:10
    Here’s the last video of the day, as well as the last live performance of Otis Redding, who died with his band in a plane crash the day after this video was recorded on December 9, 1967.  He was only 26. This song, along with “Dock of the Bay”, are Redding’s best recordings, but “Dock … Continue reading “Try a Little Tenderness”

  • Douglas Murray: “Life has to be fought for”

    Updated: 2024-05-31 15:40:41
    Here’s another good talk, though not as good as the preceding one.  But it does get better in the last third. ‘Yes, Douglas Murray is a conservative, and yes, the Manhattan Institute is a generally conservative think tank, but Murray is eloquent also sensible on many issues, including the war and (in this case), the … Continue reading Douglas Murray: “Life has to be fought for”

  • Readers’ wildlife photos

    Updated: 2024-05-31 13:15:14
    Reader Robert Lang, physicist and origami master, has contributed two batches of photos, and I’ll show one today. (I just missed being able to get on a cruise to the Arctic, featuring Richard Dawkins and with several of my friends like Robert, so I’m bummed.) At any rate, Robert’s words are indented and you can … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos

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