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Where else but the New York Times? To the Editor: Rarely have I felt that my identity was such a liability as I do these days. Born to East African Muslim parents of Indian descent, I can hardly say that … Continue reading →

Beware of Greeks losing gifts: Greek government workers shut down schools and hospitals and disrupted flights as demonstrators occupied the Acropolis in an escalation of protests against 30 billion euros ($40 billion) of additional wage cuts and tax increases unveiled … Continue reading →

Many years ago I wrote on a defunct version of this poor little blog about toy breeds: Unlike the calm aloofness of the Sighthound, the massive dignity of the Working dog, the headstrong all-weather exuberance of the Sporting dog (“Great … Continue reading →

To my horror, I found that Blogger, through which this poor neglected little blog was published, would no longer support FTP publishing as of May 1.  Due to their opaque instructions and clunky dashboard, it proved impossible to keep my … Continue reading →

I got back last night from a business trip to Florence, Kentucky. Despite the additional cost of checked bags ($25 per bag on Delta), the current TSA security makes the spendthrift option a much more attractive one. What happens if … Continue reading →

  Up to Navasota this weekend for the Brazos Valley KC shows. There are some shows I like going to because the drive there is a pleasant one. This is bluebonnet season in Texas and we passed by fields of … Continue reading →

A graf from a CNBC story about the sovereign debt problems in Europe: Greece remains in the eye of the storm but this cyclone has an unpredictable trajectory and we should all wake up to the fact that it is … Continue reading →

The Arts and Letters Daily header on an article by Clive Crook on the relative superiority of the American and European economic systems is “Any European intellectual can easily tell you: Europe, not America, offers the world the best model … Continue reading →

Oliver Stone is working on a 10-part documentary entitled, “The Secret History of the United States.” Mr. Stone, whose last foray into history – “JFK” – lionized the absurd theories of a megalomanical district attorney, says that Hitler was “enabled … Continue reading →

I was listening to the stream from WGUC on the computer last night while reading. A piece I’d never heard of by a composer I’d never heard of was announced: Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen. From the first few measures, … Continue reading →

The special election in Massachusetts appears to be, at the very best, uncomfortably close for the Democrats’ taste. More pessimistically, the seat may well be lost to the Republican candidate. How is that possible, some may cry. After all, this … Continue reading →

A rich vein of Coakley voters waits to be tapped.

With Lacey no longer with us, we wanted her sister Silver to have a companion as a house dog and decided on Silver’s half-sister Belle. We figured that quiet, unassuming, unassertive Belle would be the perfect house-mate for our old … Continue reading →

The Vengeance Trio from Act II of Götterdämmerung, with Birgit Nilsson as Brünnhilde, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Gunther and Gottlob Frick as Hagen. Georg Solti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

From all the Hounds of Soyara: Ch. Soyara’s Silver Angel JC (Silver) Ch. Bokhara Soyara Fjor (Fred) Ch. Soyara’s A Joy to Behold (Joy) Ch. Soyara’s Beautiful Dreamer (Diva) Ch. Soyara’s Singer of Songs (Alan) Ch. Soyara’s Faith Tis Herself … Continue reading →