2023-03-06: Constitution Gardens, Washington, DC Spring is coming.
2023-03-04: Abram Enzel (1916-1994) Abram Enzel, was born in Częstochowa, Poland on June 18, 1916 to Chaim and Faigle Enzel. Chaim …
2023-02-25: Remembering Maison des Crêpes in Washington I visited Washington for the first time as part of a weekend trip organized by my high school’s …
2023-02-23: L’espérance de vie sans incapacité à 65 ans La Direction de la recherche, des études, de l’évaluation et des statistiques (DREES) (France): …
2023-02-23: China Not the First Country to Send Balloons Over US Airspace British historian Mark Felton explains that the idea of using balloons over the United States has …
2023-02-13: La Première Ministre de la France Raconte la Déportation de son Père à Auschwitz Le Monde: Elisabeth Borne a appelé à _« combattre de toutes nos forces l’antisémitisme », _lundi 13 …
2023-02-10: Audrey Hepburn's Poignant Reaction to Anne Frank's Diary Audrey Hepburn describing her reaction to reading the Anne Frank’s diary in 1946: I was exactly the …
2023-02-04: Just How Strong is the West’s Support for Ukraine? David L. Stern writing for The Washington Post: “Our goal is absolutely clear — to start …
2023-02-03: Is Lab-grown Meat Kosher? The Washington Post: Last week, the leader of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate — a bellwether rabbinical …
2023-02-02: An Example of Mastodon Growth Jorijn Schrijvershof describing the growth of his Mastodon instance1 in November 2022: I love …
2023-02-02: Where Are We With Covid? Dr. Katelyn Jetelina writing on her Substack, “Your Local Epidemiologist“: We will continue to see …
2023-02-02: Le Monde: ‘L’appel du 18 juin du général de Gaulle reconstitué pour la première fois’ Le Monde Podcast: L’Heure du Monde: L’appel du 18 juin est l’un des discours les plus célèbres de …
2023-01-31: Substack Introduces ‘Pledges’ Substack: Today we are excited to announce Pledges, an easy new way for readers to support your …
2023-01-31: January 30: “Machtergreifung” - “Seizure of Power” DW: In the German language, January 30 has been marked by the term “Machtergreifung,” …
2023-01-31: Les Russes Nourrissent Autorité Toutes les données dont nous disposons nous disent que les Russes nourrissent aujourd’hui un désir …
2023-01-31: Social Media Takes Away From Normal Human Interactions The 2016 comments of the late Tatjana Patitz on social media in Prestige Hong Kong magazine: I …
2023-01-31: Le mage du Kremlin: Greta Garbo Puis-je vous poser une question ? Savez-vous quelle est la plus grande actrice de tous les temps ? » …
2023-01-29: Washington, DC (January 29, 2023)
2023-01-28: Le mage du Kremlin: ‘Les Russes jouent avec l’argent’ Les étrangers pensent que les nouveaux Russes sont obsédés par l’argent. Mais ce n’est pas ça. Les …
2023-01-27: Doomsday Clock: ’90 Seconds to Midnight’ Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the …
2023-01-26: January 27 Marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of …
2023-01-26: EU Has Sent €3.6 billion to Ukrainian Military, Mostly from Germany DW: Soon after Russia began its major offensive on Ukraine last February, the EU made the historic …
2023-01-25: Was 2008 the Breaking Point in the West’s Relationship with Russia? After [Bill] Clinton and his advisors left office, they could only watch in alarm as Bush’s son, …
2023-01-25: On the Importance of Ukraine in 1991 With roughly 52 million inhabitants at the time, Ukraine was, in population terms, both the …
2023-01-17: Washington, DC View from Virginia
2023-01-17: Le Petit-Fils du Général de Gaulle S’Exprime Un entretien avec Pierre de Gaulle, petit-fils du général de Gaulle sur Sud Radio: Il croit que la …
2023-01-16: WordPress: Old School Way of Making a Website? Øyvind (Ø…I know…Norwegian…just call me Owen): You should not have to worry …
2023-01-15: Blogging to Connect with Others Directly Kev Quirk engages with his readers via an email button at the end of each post. I like that because …
2023-01-14: Robert Clary (1926-2022) The Washington Post: Robert Clary, a French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World …
2023-01-13: Pont Alexandre III, Paris Pont Alexandre III, Paris The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in …
2023-01-12: Tatjana Patitz (1966-2023) Vogue: Tatjana Patitz, the quietest and perhaps the most intense of the original supermodels, has …
2023-01-11: Blogging: ‘A Space of My Own’ Vincent Ritter explaining why he blogs: This site acts as portal to my past and present self that …
2023-01-11: Personal Websites Provide Creative Freedom Matthias Ott, a web designer from Stuttgart, on the value of personal websites: Your personal …
2023-01-11: Israel: Immigration from Russia and Ukraine Rises The Times of Israel reports: The past year saw the largest amount of Jewish immigration to Israel, …
2023-01-07: Personal Independent Blogs are Important Lars Mensel getting behind personal blogs because it allows people to stay in control of their own …
2023-01-07: A Native Mac App for Fastmail A native Mac app for Fastmail called FMail2 is now available. The developer is Arie van Boxel, a …
2023-01-07: Blogging Just for Yourself Greg Morris: I have been blogging for more than a decade, at first trying to make something of …
2023-01-06: Timothy Snyder: ‘We speak about the news all day, but pay almost no one to get out and report it.’ Yale history professor Timothy Snyder warns that the lack of true investigative reporting poses a …
2023-01-05: Rolling Stone oublie Céline Dion et le Quebec n’est pas content Le Monde: Sacrilège national ! L’absence de Céline Dion du palmarès des « 200 plus grands chanteurs …
2023-01-03: Deep Truth It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth. Max Delbrück Quoted …
2023-01-03: ‘Getting back to actual blogging’ Christina (CJ) Jones explains her blogging history and why she is resuming her blog in 2023: My …
2023-01-03: Squarespace: Beautiful But Slow Juha Liikala describes his blogging experience on Squarespace: Squarespace themes often look …
2023-01-02: Is a Small Audience Enough? Greek poet George Seferis : not having a very large audience has something good in it, too. I mean, …
2023-01-01: Writing: It’s OK to Have a Tiny Audience Sophia Efthimiatou , head of writer relations at Substack, explains that it’s ok to start writing …
2022-12-31: Netanyahu: Israel Gives Jews the Power to Defend Themselves The founding of Israel did not stop attacks on the Jews. It merely gave the Jews the power to defend …
2022-12-30: Église Saint-Sulpice The Church of Saint-Sulpice is a Roman Catholic church in Paris, on the east side of Place …
2022-12-29: Was Churchill Involved in the Bombing That Almost Killed Hitler? The Mirror reports that recent documents show that Winston Churchill was in on the July 20, 1944 …
2022-12-29: George Santos Faces Criminal Investigations The New York Times reports that George Santos, who falsely claimed, among other things, that he had …
2022-12-29: Martin Walker Mysteries Om Malik recommended a series of mystery books by Martin Walker. Malik said Martin’s “tales of a …
2022-12-28: Resources for Visitors to Paris Places to Visit Saint-Chapelle Paris, France: 10 churches you should visit - Lots of detail and …
2022-12-27: ‘Join Us In France’ If you want to travel in France and learn about French history, the Join Us in France podcast is a …
2022-12-27: Lake Needwood, Derwood, Maryland A cold morning the day after Christmas, 2022 The Washington Post - Capital Weather Gang
2022-12-27: Remembering a High School French Teacher Ms. Graves, the French teacher, loved talking about Paris. She had one time been married to someone …
2022-12-26: Is the Allbirds Moment Behind Us? I’ve seen Allbirds shoes all over and the company has opened stores in the Washington, DC area where …
2022-12-26: Tracing Quotations: The Results May Surprise You I recently discovered Quote Investigator, a website that fact-checks the reported origins of widely …
2022-12-25: Laura Pausini Laura Pausini is an Italian singer who rose to fame in 1993 with her debut single “La …
2022-12-25: ‘You Come From the Right, I Come From the Left’ In July 2008, Barack Obama, then-presidential candidate and United States Senator, visited Israel …
2022-12-25: Podcast with Julieanne Kost Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop expert Julieanne Kost is interviewed on the Photocombobulate podcast. …
2022-12-25: Very Happy With Ulysses App I’ve started using Ulysses1 for my writing for the internet. The app allows direct posting to …
2022-12-25: Update on LastPass Security Breach Ars Technica: LastPass, one of the leading password managers, said that hackers obtained a wealth …
2022-12-24: Pan Am ‘First Moon Flights’ Club Between 1968 and 1971, Pan American World Airways issued over 93,000 “First Moon Flights” Club cards …
2022-12-24: Warren Buffett Interviewed by Charlie Rose In this video, Warren Buffett, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is interviewed by Charlie …
2022-12-24: Squarespace Sites and Google PageSpeed Insights Studio Mesa, a website that sells premium Squarespace templates, explains: Even with all the …
2022-12-24: Blogging Makes My Writing Better Steve Hodgson explains why he blogs rather than just writing in a diary or a journal: I think the …
2022-12-24: ‘Everyone of Us is Precious’ Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him …
2022-12-24: George Will: Holocaust Museum Showcases Lessons for Today George Will writing in The Washington Post on the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial …
2022-12-23: Why Creating Links to Open New Browser Windows is Probably Not a Good Practice I want to thank Sven Dahlstrand for taking the time to explain to me why opening external links in a …
2022-12-22: Netanyahu Recounts Conversation with Bill Clinton After His 1996 Election Victory In 1996, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the age of 46, became prime minister of Israel. Netanyahu writes …
2022-12-22: Karl Rove: Both parties should elevate the younger generation Karl Rove writing in the WSJ: On the prospects of a second term for President Biden: The idea of …
2022-12-22: Hitler’s Last Direct Order The last direct order to be personally signed by Hitler in the bunker was transmitted to Field …
2022-12-22: Blogger Describes Move from Squarespace to Ghost Blogger Chris Lloyd moved his blog from Squarespace to Ghost and is happy with Ghost. Still he …
2022-12-22: Blogger Explains Move from Squarespace to Ghost Appsntips: I decided to move my blog away from Squarespace. The main reason behind the move was …
2022-12-21: Hôtel de la Marine, Paris The hôtel de la Marine (also known as the hôtel du Garde-Meuble) is an historic building located on …
2022-12-21: Berlin I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Berlin twice. The first time was in the early 1980s and the second …
2022-12-20: ‘ What Makes You Come Alive’ “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do …
2022-12-20: Paris: Musée Picasso The Musée Picasso is an art gallery located in the Hôtel Salé in rue de Thorigny, in the Marais …
2022-12-20: Lara Fabian Lara Fabian sings beautifully. Fabian is best known for the dance pop song “I Will Love Again,” …
2022-12-19: Need for Jewish Homeland Recognized Long Before the Holocaust Theodor Herzl wrote in 1896, more than 40 years before the Holocaust: My happier co-religionists …
2022-12-18: A Substack Publication Shares Subscription Data SpyTalk is a Substack publication covering national security topics, with an emphasis on U.S. …
2022-12-18: Pittsburgh's Concordia Club Now Part of the Pitt Family of Buildings The Concordia Club was a noteworthy part of Jewish life in Pittsburgh from the late 19th century …
2022-12-18: Always Write for Your Audience From the About Page of Derek Sivers, who I believe pioneered the concept of the Now Page, — a …
2022-12-18: Audiobook by James Taylor In the audiobook ‘Break Shot: My First 21 Years‘ James Taylor recounts the first 21 years of his …
2022-12-18: Jean-Jacques Goldman I am a huge fan of the music of Jean-Jacques Goldman. He is very popular in the French-speaking …
2022-12-17: Thoughts on Blogging Platforms Jack Baty discussing how he likes to fiddle with blogs: Instead of writing, then, I continue to …
2022-12-17: Blogging Without a Plan is OK The author of but she’s a girl . . . writing about the 20th anniversary of her blog: When I started …
2022-12-17: Audiobook: 'Where the Sky Begins' Finished reading: Where the Sky Begins by Rhys Bowen 📚 is a charming and entertaining love story set …
2022-12-17: Antisemitism on the Rise in the United States Russell Contreras writing in Axios: Antisemitic hate crimes are trending higher this year in …
2022-12-16: ’Write for Yourself’ I’ve learned to be selfish about my research. I work on what I study because *I* believe it is …
2022-12-16: Great Audiobook Narrators A narrator can make or break an audiobook. This is a list of exceptional narrators, in no particular …
2022-12-15: ‘Bypass Censorship’ Millions of people are affected by online censorship across the globe, and the numbers continue to …
2022-12-15: Nearly 1m Americans Are ‘Kinless’ Paula Span writing in The New York Times: An estimated 6.6 percent of American adults aged 55 and …
2022-12-14: 'The Art Dealer (L’antiquaire)' The Art Dealer (L’antiquaire) is a beautiful 2015 French film about a young Parisian woman portrayed …
2022-12-14: Paris Photographers to Explore Paris is a beautiful city and attracts many talented photographers. These are among the …
2022-12-13: What Constitutes Genocide? Professor David A. Bell of Princeton writing in Substack in response to a charge of genocide made by …
2022-12-12: Report: Japan Planning to Increase Defense Spending Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Ellen Nakashima writing in The Washington Post: Alarmed by increasing …
2022-12-12: Books: Volker Ullrich’s Two-Volume Biography of Hitler Volker Ullrich, a German historian, is the author an excellent two-volume biography of Hitler in …
2022-12-11: Paris: Walking Along the Seine I have loved Paris for more than 40 years. About seven years ago, I stumbled across Paris, Paris: …
2022-12-11: Vintage Images of Washington I’ve lived in Washington since 1979 and have seen the capital change a lot in that time. I …
2022-12-11: Ian Kershaw: Hitler Biographer Sir Ian Kershaw is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of …
2022-12-11: The Joy of Photography Ferdy Christant, in a superb piece about Flickr, suggests that people who photograph for the joy of …
2022-12-11: Why Photograph? My name is Tommaso Carrara and I am an italian native Information security professional based in …
2022-12-11: Russia: American Players Weigh Money vs. Freedom The New York Times reports that American professional athletes continue to work in the Russian …
2022-12-11: Report: Ukraine War Widening? An unnamed U.S. defense source told The Times that the Pentagon is no longer insisting that Ukraine …
2022-12-10: Plausible Analytics I am testing Plausible analytics. As I learned about the firm, I saw this description on the …
2022-12-10: Music: Véronique Sanson - Newly Remastered Album De l’autre côté de mon rêve (Remasterisé en 2022) by Véronique Sanson Apple Music - Sounds …
2022-12-10: Film: ‘A Little Romance’ A Little Romance is a 1979 American romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring …
2022-12-09: Film: ’Steal the Sky’ Steal the Sky is a 1988 HBO movie directed by John D. Hancock and starring Mariel Hemingway and Ben …
2022-12-08: Yale Video Course: 'The Making of Modern Ukraine' Professor Timothy Snyder of Yale taught a course entitled “The Making of Modern Ukraine”. The course …
2022-12-08: Realism in International Relations Explained John Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science …
2022-12-08: Squarespace: My Experience I spent some time getting to know some website builders including Squarespace. Squarespace …
2022-12-07: When Did Blogging Become a For-Profit Business? The current trend in blogging seems to be paid websites or email lists. This is the focus of …
2022-12-07: Jaron Lanier: Why to Delete Your Social Media Accounts One of the main reasons to delete your social media accounts is that there isn’t a real choice to …
2022-12-06: Music: Stacey Kent Stacey Kent is an American jazz singer with a glorious voice. She was born in 1965 in New Jersey and …
2022-12-06: Book: ‘The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner’ I recently read the second and final volume of the biography of Adolf Hitler by German historian …
2022-12-06: Film: ‘Ida’ Anna, a young woman training to be a nun in 1960s Poland is on the verge of taking her vows when she …
2022-12-06: Photography ‘Takes Me to Another World’ Patrik Seiler is a talented Swiss photographer who mainly makes photographs of landscapes and …
2022-12-05: Preserving Memories The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do. ― Andy …
2022-12-05: TV Series: ‘The Honourable Woman’ ‘The Honourable Woman’ is a 2014 British political spy thriller miniseries in eight parts. It was …
2022-12-05: Audiobook: ‘An Officer and a Spy’ Before listening to An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris, I knew only the broad outline of the …
2022-12-05: Audiobook: ‘The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light’ The Liberation of Paris is a gripping book that is packed full of interesting details about …
2022-12-05: Audiobook: ‘Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations’ Retired Admiral William H. McRaven was involved in high profile special operations missions, …
2022-12-05: Bing Crosby Singing in French Bing Crosby (1903-1977) sings mainly in French about Paris in this wonderful album. Crosby recorded …
2022-12-05: Text-only Websites Sijmen J. Mulder has a wonderful directory of websites composed simple, marked up, hyperlinked text. …
2022-12-05: Why Blog: Save Quotations Steve Mays started blogging in 2002 in large part to have place to save quotations: I wanted a …
2022-12-05: TV Series: ‘The Bureau’ “The Bureau” is a French spy TV series (“Le Bureau des Légendes”) on Canal+. The series concerns the …
2022-12-04: On the Power of Propaganda Erna Paris writing in The Globe and Mail: The core learning future generations must acquire, in …
2022-12-04: TV Series: ‘The Americans’ There aren’t many TV shows I miss long after they end. The Americans is one of them. Even though the …
2022-12-04: Antisemitism on the Rise Aaron Zitner writing for The Wall Street Journal: The Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate group …
2022-12-04: Internet Speech Can Lead to Real-World Actions Joseph Menn writing in The Washington Post: Current and former federal officials are warning that a …
2022-12-03: ‘The Intern’: A Charming Comedy I enjoyed watching The Intern (2015). Robert De Niro plays a healthy but lonely 70-year-old retired …
2022-12-03: Another Spotify Departure Om Malik has left Spotify for a French music service called Qobuz: After being a Spotify member …
2022-12-03: Chicago at Night Jim Hill is a Chicago photographer worth getting to know. He became fascinated by Chicago’s …
2022-12-03: Why Hate Speech Matters Yesterday, I posted and quoted from a New York Times story about hate speech being on the rise on …
2022-12-02: Hate Speech on the Rise at Twitter on Elon Musk’s Watch Sheera Frenkel and Kate Conger writing in The New York Times: Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, …
2022-12-02: Blog About Whatever You Want to Share Ben Werdmuller on what you should write about on your blog: Whatever you want to share. …
2022-12-02: Why Blog? - ‘You just might want to say hello’ The late Nora Ephron writing on HuffPost in 2006 explained that: getting heard outside the world of …
2022-12-02: Film: ‘Möbius’ I loved the French TV series “The Bureau” (“Le Bureau des Légendes”) created by Éric Rochant. I’ve …
2022-12-01: Ben Werdmuller Urges Readers to Leave Twitter Ben Werdmuller writing on his blog: You don’t need to stay on a platform whose CEO just amplified a …
2022-12-01: My Thoughts on Ghost I’ve been testing Ghost. Sites look nice especially with large photos. And while Ghost …
2022-12-01: Big Platforms vs. Independent Publishing Om on big publishing platforms: No matter how often this happens, we don’t learn our lessons — we …
2022-12-01: The Need to be Heard Annie Mueller writing on Substack: It’s so important to be heard, and to know you’re heard. Not …
2022-11-30: Privacy In 2019, Timothy Libert was a computer science faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University in …
2020-12-23: Stella Tennant (1970-2020) Stella Tennant, iconic model and fashion designer, died in Scotland on December 22, 2020. She was 50 …
2020-09-29: Helen Reddy (1941-2020) Singer Helen Reddy, who was born in Australia in 1941, died in Los Angeles on September 29, 2020 at …
2019-01-26: Michel LeGrand (1932-2019) Ever since I was a boy, my ambition has been to live completely surrounded by music. My dream is not …