I had intended to give all of us a rest from JudgmentsHere . . . But then I received intelligence that obliges me to post, today, as a matter of civic responsibility and a demonstration of my regard for the sensibilities of faithful readers. I read, today, in the latest copy of FOOD & […]
As of this writing, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 160,000 of our friends and relations. It is a measure of the tragedy that large numbers of bits and bytes would be consumed by the mere listing of their names. Remembering even a small fraction of those dead in any meaningful way would […]
Offered here, for the delectation of readers, is a list of songs that are favorites of JudgmentsHere. An effort has been made to have the selections span a variety of genres, and to tilt toward the neglected and the obscure. There are few better feelings than stumbling on a piece of music […]
Propaganda Postcards and the German Invasion of Belgium “The first casualty when war comes is truth,” observed United States Senator Hiram Johnson in a 1918 speech. Coincidentally, his subject was the Great War—America’s involvement in which Johnson had opposed. “Truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of […]
