OKAY, COUNT ME IN: Will You Choose Freedom?

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Johann Pachelbel (1653 – 1706):  Canon in D Major

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 – 1950)

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Georg Böhm (1661 – 1733): Praeludium, Fuga & Postludium in G minor

Allen Drury (1918 – 1998)

BUT WILL THEY BE OUTLAWED IN CALIFORNIA? YES. NEXT QUESTION: NuScale’s small nuclear reactor is first to get US safety approval

TODAY'S FUNNY: What It’s Like Getting Censored on YouTube

THE LARGER PICTURE: The Assault on Expertise (1:05) 

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Pietro Locatelli (1695 – 1764):  Il labirinto armonico

Louis Sullivan (1856 - 1924)

Book update: discovered major formatting problems.

THE LARGER PICTURE:  Two Ideologies Separated by a Common Language 

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Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896): Ave Maria

Mary Renault (1905 - 1983)

Paul Harvey (1918 - 2009)

"There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself." --Louis XIV

SHE'S PAVED THE WAY: Let's follow Nancy Pelosi’s example and reopen the economy

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Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782): Quintet in D major

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864): Le Prophete - Coronation March

Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983)

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Marquis de Lafayette (1757 - 1834)

John Dalton (1766 - 1844)

Anton Diabelli (1781 - 1858):  Barcarole

Ferdinand Hummel (1855 - 1928):  Halleluja!

SIMPLY STATED:  Celebrate Entrepreneurs, Don’t Guillotine Them

LEADING BY EXAMPLE: Nancy Pelosi and Her Hair Salon

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François-André Danican Philidor (1726 – 1795):  Sinfonia 1 in g minor from l'Art de la Modulation

Johan Tobias Sergel (1740 - 1814) 

Alexandre Falguière (1831 - 1900)

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Antonín DvoÅ™ák (1841 – 1904):  Rusalka - 'MÄ›síčku na nebi hlubokém'

WHY DOES THIS HEADLINE REMIND OF GARY LARSON? Land-walking fish might be more common than we suspected, scientists say 

THIS IS PRETTY COOL:  Re-activating Youth Boosting Genes to Reverse Human Aging By 2030

IT'S ALMOST LIKE THIS WAS PREDICTED: California Power Outages Happening as Predicted When Nuclear Reactors Were Shutdown 

VERY INFORMATIVE: Litigating Over Lockdowns

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Joan Cererols (1618 – 1680):  Serafín, Que Con Dulce Harmonía 

Birthdays:

Romeyn de Hooghe (1645 – 1708)

Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695):  Rondeau from Abdelazer, and Ground in C Minor

Book update: I really am planning to publish, but this past week it seems Urgent matters overtook Important ones. Better luck next week?

DEAR PANDEMIC: It’s a Pandemic. You need answers.

ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS: Coase and Covid 

Birthdays:

William Boyce (1711 – 1779):  Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major

O. Henry (1862 – 1910)

James Jeans (1877 – 1946)

AND IT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO BE COURTEOUS: It is Never Disrespectful to Assert Your Rights

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Cigoli (1559 – 1613)

Sébastien de Brossard (1655 – 1730):  Stabat Mater

Henry Louis Mencken (1880 - 1956)

Jesse Owens (1913 – 1980)

AT LEAST TAXPAYERS AREN'T LEAVING THE STATE IN DROVES: Giant Cloud of Incompetence Hangs Over California

ATTENTION STARGAZERS:  This Week's Sky At a Glance: September 11 - 19 

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Daniel Defoe (1660 – 1731)

Milton S. Hershey (1857 – 1945)

Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896):  Scherzo No.2 in C Minor

AND MORE RELIABLE: China’s Nuclear Energy is Still Less Expensive Than Solar and Wind 

BEWARE OF LEADERS WHO THINK THEY ARE INFALLIBLE: Corona’s Culture of Coercive Compliance

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Michael Haydn (1737 – 1806):  Aria di Amore "Se s‘accende" aus "Endimione"

Luigi Cherubini (1760 – 1842):  Démophon - Ouverture

A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?  Federal Court Holds “Stay-at-Home” Orders and Mandatory Business Closures Unconstitutional

Birthdays:

Marco Polo (1254 – 1324)

Gottfried Kirchhoff (1685 - 1746):  Allemande and Rondeau from Suite in B-flat major

James Fenimore Cooper (1789 – 1851)

Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976)

THIS IS BETTER THAN STAR TREK:  NASA is Paying for Moon Rocks. The Implications for Space Commerce are Huge

Birthdays:

Jacques Mauduit (1557 – 1627):  Voici le vert et beau may

Pietro Tacca (1577 – 1640)

Charles Crocker (1822 – 1888)

James Cash Penney (1875 – 1971)

Birthdays:

Ignaz Holzbauer (1711 – 1783): Symphony in D minor

Marquis de Condorcet (1743 - 1794)

Bernhard Riemann (1826 – 1866)

Book update: general formatting problem seems to have been resolved, including questions about footnotes. Next step: reformatting the entire manuscript in proper format for submission to the publisher.

Birthdays:

Francesca Caccini (1587 – 1641) "La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola di Alcina"

Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784)

Birthdays:

Henri-Jacques de Croes (1705 - 1786):  Six Sonates en trio, Op. 5: Sonata VI: II. Fuga allegro

Mike Royko (1932 – 1997)

OUR LEADERS ARE FALLIBLE? YES. NEXT QUESTION:  In this Red Dawn, Who Invaded Whom? 

MEANWHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POND:  Open Letter from Medical Doctors and Health Professionals to All Belgian Authorities and All Belgian Media 

I WISH MY MOM COULD SEE THIS: Homeschooling Hits a Tipping Point 

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H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934): Uranus