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Times Link

"A similar account was presented on Aug. 7, 2011…." — Matthew Rosenberg in this evening's online New York Times Update: A summary and the time of the above story — Earlier in…

George Steiner vs. the Order of St. Benedict

See Steiner's phrase "Language Animal" in this journal  and the corresponding authentic  phrase from a webpage by a Benedictine monk —

Language Animal Farm

The title refers to Friday's VE Day post. See also Monkey Grammarian in this journal.

Mother's Day for Bill Murray

The late Elizabeth Wilson as the mother of Billl Murray's FDR  in "Hyde Park on Hudson." Wilson reportedly died at 94 on Saturday, May 9, 2015. Related material: This…

Duckworth*

See pato.jpg and Venn's Cuernavaca. * A reference to the British publishing company   in the previous post.

Reflections of a Language Animal*

  The Idea of Europe  George Steiner Overlook/Duckworth, pp.48, £9.99 * "Language animal" is a phrase apparently     invented by Steiner in 1969 that he later    …

Bar Game* for Affleck

    The above video frame reads "From Mastermind George Miller."     Click here to enlarge. See also another George Miller in this journal.     * Reference:  A review of…

Spielraum

Review: Illustrating the Spiegel-Spiel des Gevierts "At the point of convergence the play of similarities and differences cancels itself out in order that  identity alone may shine forth. …

Paradigm for Pedagogues

Illustrations from a post of Feb. 17, 2011: Plato’s paradigm in the Meno — Changed paradigm in the diamond theorem (2×2 case) —

Ultron: By the Book

If The New York Times interviewed Ultron for its Sunday Book Review "By the Book" column — What books are currently on your night stand? Steve Fuller's Thomas Kuhn: A…