Lacunae Musing
By Robert Hagelstein
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Look to “Letters From An American”
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When I began this blog it very quickly found its way into political matters. Maybe it was the path of least resistance or the topic th...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
“Freedom” for the Few at the Expense of All
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“(They) care little for our freedom, they care little for our aspirations and little for our happiness. No more! We can’t let it happen go...
Thursday, July 29, 2021
"Philip Roth," an Encyclopedic Biography by Blake Bailey
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Cynthia Ozick, a fellow intellectual, a long time friend of Philip Roth, wrote THE review of Blake Bailey’s biography, Philip Roth . Sh...
Saturday, June 12, 2021
Mr. Blandings Takes a Fall
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In a split second I thought of a quote from Richard Ford’s Let Me Be Frank With You, a very funny paragraph about aging: What is it ...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
It’s All Happening at the Zoo
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“I do believe it, I do believe it’s true” …Paul Simon According to the daily New York Times coronavirus report, “without humans aroun...
Friday, May 28, 2021
Milestones
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This past weekend marked a milestone birthday for my wife, Ann. It was also another milestone; after 19 months of relative isolation, we w...
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