Obits
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Hugh McIntyre Was A Librarian
In my effort to publish more posts to this site, and to move past the cleverism of my early link-laden style, I am going to start simply placing links to (and archival copies of the text of) the obituaries of notable people. The obituaries that I have learned much from. The obituaries of people who…
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New: Annotations in the NYT
It seems the New York Times has gotten on the Annotated Bibiliography Bandwagon. Today was the first time I saw an obituary with extensive links in the body of the obit. In this case, Larry Buchanan Dies at 81; B-Movie ‘Schlockmeister’, they are self-linking to their entries on the movies of Larry Buchanan. Not a…
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Not So Old
Our Darwinian obsession with World’s Oldest This and That was dealt a blow today.
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Steve Neal, Giant
Earlier this week, Steve Neal, hard-hitting political columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and a world-renowned political historian, committed suicide in the garage of his suburban Chicago home. Neal joined the Sun-Times in 1987, a crazy year in Chicago politics. Legendary mayor Harold Washington dropped dead in his office, touching off a firestorm of protest and…
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God Bless Paul Simon
He fought the Republicans tooth & nail in 1984, and won. They thought he was soft. They were wrong.