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Last night was the first seder of Passover, the retelling of the Jews’ Exodus from Egypt. It’s also a mighty fine meal, with matzo ball soup, gefilte fish (with plenty of horseradish),…
Hawaii has become the seventh U.S. state or district to legalize doctor-assisted suicides, joining California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, Washington state and the District of Columbia. They don’t make it easy (a good thing,…
Before we start, I’d like to warn any left-handed cricket pitchers out there to be on your alert. March 30th is a bad day for your position. Of the six cricketeers who…
Buck Owens died on this day in 2006, putting a period on the life of a giant of American music. Even if he never recorded a note, Owens would have earned his…
We all have to face death, but we didn’t know there were rules about how where the dead faced. The always fascinating Atlas Obscura, we learn that in Christian cemeteries, bodies are…
If you live in Los Angeles, have recently lost a loved one (a pet, or a friend), or work as a funeral director, and have an undying need to be a reality…
Beware the ides of March? For a pair of actors, the 23rd of March was the day to worry about. Elizabeth Taylor (2011) and Peter Lorre (1969) both breathed their last on…
In today’s Washington Post, writer Jacqueline Dooley writes movingly of of how she got through the first year after the death of her 15-year-old daughter, leaving origami cranes—a joke between her and…
Today’s Dead of the Day are two animators whose cartoons were a big part of our Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons: William Hanna and Walter Lantz. Walter Lantz was the creator of…
Kids today! They just don’t know how to respect their elders. Why, back in our day, if we were mad at our parents, the worst we’d do is go out and get…
Choosing today’s Dead of the Day was easy. Leo Fender was arguably one of the most important figures in the history of rock and roll. And he couldn’t play a note. What…
We can agree halfway with this Forbes story that claims cell phones and marijuana are killing American pedestrians. We’ve seen people looking down at their phones as their about to cross the…
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