Ditch the Man Cave; Bring Back the Study

I saw this online and it registered with me because I could not agree more. Ditch the man cave with jerseys and junk and video game consoles. Bring back the study with bookshelves and books and good music.

Has Anyone Seen Hillary?

Has Hilary been spotted in any black churches or black communities doing anything significant lately or that was just for the campaign? 🤔

— Pastor Carl Day ⛪️ (@PastorCarlDay) January 16, 2017

Nat Hentoff Dies; Listening to Billie Holiday Until the End

Saw earlier tonight that Nat Hentoff had died. I never met him, and unfortunately I was very late to his work, having not discovered him until the late 90s thanks to Drudge and the internet. Hentoff was a great writer, even when I did not agree with his point of view, I liked the way he wrote.

Anyway, I saw this tweet from Nat's son Nick just now and thought it worthy of posting. Listening to Billie Holiday...that's not a bad way to leave.

Sad to report the death of my father #NatHentoff tonight at the age of 91. He died surrounded by family listening to Billie Holiday. pic.twitter.com/15LEtUqBGh

— Nick Hentoff (@Nick_Hentoff) January 8, 2017

Former Professor of Mine Pens Editorial

I was about to leave San Antonio today after a long holiday visit. I flip to the editorial page of the San Antonio Express-News, and there before me an editorial by my "old" (maybe that should be "former") economics professor Cyril (Cy) Morong from my San Antonio College days. Aside from it just being kinda cool to see a former professor write in the newspaper, it also happens to be a good editorial.

Cy was a very interesting teacher, and I recall taking his class over a summer period, which means the class moved quickly, and many times did not lend itself to the thoughtful discussion that economics classes used to be about. We had a textbook for Cy's class, but we also had a supplemental reader, and I still own my copy and I still read it. In fact, the opening of the book will be featured as part of something else I am working on this year...more on that later.

Here is the editorial from this mornings paper: