One of the best covers of one of the most covered songs — the late Jeff Buckley’s rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.
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Category Archives: Culture
Grad School?
A clever video for a new book (H/T Craig Newmark).
An Inspirational Story to Begin the Week
Clear Thinkers favorite Tom V. Morris and his family experienced a nightmare last week, one that would stop us all in our tracks.
However, as Tom relates here, this particular nightmare turned into a remarkably inspirational tale about courage, grace and humanity.
As Tom observes:
As a philosopher, it’s my job to study human nature. And it’s not always a pretty picture. But on days when things go horribly wrong, we sometimes see ordinary people take extraordinary actions for no reason except that they’re necessary. This is a simple and powerful reassurance of the basic goodness that can still be found in people. Airline agents, waiters, and regular people who see a need can sometimes do great things. I know only one of these recent heroes-on-the-scene by name. But I’m grateful to them all, . . .
Amen!
Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood
From a time when Eddie Murphy was very clever.
On Turning 40
Sounds as if Louis CK has a wise doctor.
On the future of education
The Rational Optimist
Following on this recent post, here is Matt Ridley’s TED lecture:
The largest psychiatric hospital – America’s prisons
An insightful Fault Lines segment examines how prison systems have become America’s largest psychiatric hospitals, with a substantial focus on the Harris County and Texas prison systems.
Yankee Doodle and Bob Hope
Around the 4th of July, most everyone has seen James Cagneyís magnificent dancing performance in television re-runs of Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). But Bob Hope could cut a mean lick on the dance floor, too, as reflected in this dance routine from The Seven Little Foys, in which Cagney reprises his Yankee Doodle role of George M. Cohan. Enjoy!