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Daily Archives: July 21, 2018

A Letter to Rabbi Dov Fischer on the Nature of Being “Smart”

I just emailed this to Rabbi Dov Fischer. The email had the heading “Well Done.” Accidentally I left out this great quote from Kurt Vonnegut. “There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.” …

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My Essential 100 Albums: Sort of Taking on the Nolan Dalla Challenge – Part One: a Statement of Purpose

I met Nolan Dalla when I was lucky enough to get hired to cover the 2007 World Series, which since my employer wasn’t allowed any real access or filming capabilities just meant I got to hang around in the press room and write some fun stories that weren’t really news. Now given my circumstances I …

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