On Everything Else
Suffering Silently
A tribute to great ventriloquist Arthur Worsley Posted June 23, 2009
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Embrace the Urge
The ubiquitous hug Posted June 23, 2009
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Tribute Songs
Preparing for Johnny Cash tribute songs Posted June 23, 2009
A Shy and Brainy Guy
How Steve Martin got so funny. Posted June 23, 2009
The True Story of Bernarr Macfadden
Lives and Loves of the Father of the Confession Magazine Posted July 19, 2008
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The Lullaby of Tin Pan Alley
Max Dreyfus and the Glory Days of American Popular Music Posted July 19, 2008
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Cartoons Go to War
Bill Mauldin's one-of-a-kind war cartoons: a slide show Posted April 26, 2008
Going Dutch
An appreciation of the landscape paintings of Jacob van Ruysdael Posted January 11, 2008
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A Father-in-Law's Guide to Italy
Notes on our family's trips to the ancestral home town of Gaeta. Posted January 11, 2008
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As the Ice Beckoned, A Crime Unfolded
"Illegal ice activity" in Central Park. Posted January 11, 2008
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The Rise of the Robo-Ref
Behind the scenes in the life of an NBA referee. Posted December 23, 2007