Something happened these last couple of weeks that has never happened in the United States before. Organized antisemitism has marched from the Atlantic to the Pacific and has produced myriad beatings of Jews. Some of the violence has been reported by the press, but much of it has gone unreported.
We have a crazy terrier mix named Ryder who does bizarre things. Now he’s getting older, though, and it’s a sad sight to watch pass by. He’s the last of the five we had for years, three that lived indoors, and two that lived outside in a kennel when they weren’t out playing, dealing drugs on the street. I miss those days when we still had all five, even though caring for them took some work.
I was going to write a column about Bob Dylan since he turned the big 80 Monday, but where is there to write that hasn’t already been written. Only thing I can say is, it’s nice to have been born during a time when I could enjoy his early stuff when it came out, after becoming a huge fan circa ’72. It’s been an uphill ride from there. Now I have to go listen to “Tweeter and the Monkey Man” for today’s writing inspiration (thanks, Mickey).
On January 1, 1484, Ulrich Zwingli was born in Zurich, Switzerland.
Nero was the Emperor of the Roman Empire from 54 A.D. to 68 A.D. History has, for the most part, put the blame for the massive fire in Rome during Nero’s reign at the feet of - Nero. Nero loved to construct buildings and many historians believe that Nero had buildings torched so new ones could replace them. But things got out of hand and large sections of Rome were burned.
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