The priesthood, or rock ’n’ roll? How the Stones inspired me to break my grandmother’s heart. - The Boston Globe It was the summer of ’65, and I couldn’t get no satisfaction. But that was OK, because Mick, Keith, Charlie, and Brian couldn’t, either.

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#RollingStones #Satisfaction

Name this great American poet.

Pre-reading dinner with my wife Jennifer and one of my better writing students.

How ironic that a convicted felon and career fraudster who created a fake scam university to defraud students is now proceeding to lecture a prestigious university like Harvard. It doesn’t get more MAGA red hat than that.

And this is somehow … impressive?

Jack Smith, Who Led Prosecutions of Trump, Resigns Mr. Smith, a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, had signaled that he would step down before Donald J. Trump’s inauguration.

Trump just officially escaped responsibility for the worst act of treason since 1861. #treason #insurrection #JackSmith #Trump

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. . . especially Passion, Chance-Soon-Silence, and the title story.

Opinion | The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone What happens if half the population is no longer involved in reading and writing?

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What Poker Can Teach Us James McManus, who teaches a course on the literature of poker, says we can learn a lot about life, and the American mind, from the game.

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YouTube video by TED-Ed Why is Texas hold 'em so popular? - James McManus

#booksky

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Will and Harper

Uncle Sam's Gain | Baseball Prospectus Baseball in Scotland and Boston amid the 1918 pandemic.

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Duck Snorts and Suckouts: Luck and skill in our once and future national pastimes If you play poker, you know more about the sport of baseball than you think you do. One of poker's best writers, James McManus, explains.

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