2018-06-20 22:42
A twelve year old Venetian girl is grabbed as a slave, from her home island, and carried off to Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire, in the 1500s. The Mapmaker’s Daughter is… Read More
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Frank S. Robinson's blog on life, society, politics, and philosophy
2018-06-19 02:32
(Page Publishing, 91 pages, $12.95 + 2.50 shipping; order from author, Box 8600, Albany, NY 12208 or Paypal to [email protected]; also purchasable from Amazon (click here) or Barnes & No… Read More
2018-06-16 12:44
“First they came for the Jews . . . “
Eighty years ago, on the deck of ship passing the Statue of Liberty, stood my mother, a refugee from the Nazis.
Two days ago I stood, for a… Read More
2018-06-15 12:16
DONALD J. TRUMP
@RealDonald Trump
Frank Robinson and myself had a very good meeting, really really terrific. We showed him a video how great it could be for him and his people if he’… Read More
2018-06-14 12:42
Notice: Pursuant to Executive Order #9038672, this blog (“The Rational Optimist”) is determined to be a threat to national security, very dishonest, an enemy of the people, and v… Read More
2018-06-11 12:29
What is Trump’s greatest hit (upon America)? Find below a top-100 list. Vote for your selection, in the comments section. Feel free to add other items, since of course it would be huma… Read More
2018-06-10 12:49
Envy is something deeply embedded in the human condition. It comes from the kinds of minds evolution endowed us with. Alone among animals, we are able to contemplate hypotheticals — &l&hell…Read More
2018-06-08 12:45
I switched enrollment from Republican to Democrat when the GOP went off the rails, to the dark side; I wanted to use my primary vote to keep at least one party on the rails. And I was glad w… Read More
2018-06-05 22:31
I’m not one for reblogging and sharing what others say, preferring my own words. But I’m making an exception for Thomas Friedman’s May 29 column, which expresses so well m… Read More
2018-06-03 12:42
One of the earliest ancient inscriptions has been translated as reading, “Kids today don’t behave well or respect their elders like they used to.”
This essay may sound like… Read More
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