Covid and Opioid Deaths make 2021 the Most Lethal Year in US History
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When the final numbers are in, 2021 may surpass 2020 as the most lethal year in U.S. history. It is estimated the death total will be over 3.4 million, up from the 2020 benchmark of 3.38 million. As a consequence, the CDC is revising American life expectancy — down almost 2 years, to 77. Obviously, the […]
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Seasons Greetings from Ricky and Lucy Ricardo
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Thanks to Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, and writer/director Aaron Sorkin, this Christmas season Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel will be holding an open house. Welcome back to 623 East 68th Street in New York City in the early 1950’s. Being the Ricardos is now in theatrical release and available for streaming on Amazon Prime. Sorkin, however, is not […]
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After All These Years, Artist JMW Turner Still Attracts Crowds Worldwide
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Over 170 years after his death, JMW Turner, the enigmatic visionary painter, still commands the attention of the art world. In the last year, his work has been prominently featured in exhibitions in England, Canada, Denmark, France, Australia, Japan, and the United States. Turner’s Modern World, a landmark survey that highlights the artist’s luminous reach, […]
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Stephen Sondheim’s Pivotal Relationship with Oscar Hammerstein
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Stephen Sondheim, who died recently at the age of 91, grew up in a highly dysfunctional home. The man who was to become the central figure in the American Theater for six decades was raised in an atmosphere of material privilege laced with significant emotional turmoil. Sondheim’s father, Herbert, was a clothing manufacturer and his mother, […]
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The Eternal Grief of Losing a Child
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This is how author Mark Twain described his reaction to hearing of the sudden death of his daughter, Olivia “Susy” Clemens: “It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live. There is but one reasonable explanation of it. The intellect is stunned […]
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