Bats Left/Throws Right

Satyajit Ray May 2, 1921--April 23, 1992

Nicholas Kristof, NY Times. "Opening Classroom Doors", April 30 Y es, it's time for another round of America's Favorite ...

Charley Patton May 1, 1891--April 28, 1934

I just got to this weekend's comments, and apparently (thank you, Scott C., who was kind enough not to suggest I'd stolen it, even i...

Reverend Gary Davis April 30, 1896--May 5, 1972 W hat a remarkable run of muscian birthdays for April: Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, Billie ...

To my last funny idea.

K ristol, on C-SPAN, 8/21/2002 responded to two callers who questioned his own military service this way: 1) "I was a little too young ...

S peaking of Colbert, a comment from Anonymous (he gets around) at TBogg's put me square in the middle of an Althouse/Amba love fest ove...

More Top 100 from six grade: 21. Paint It Black, Rolling Stones I am not now, nor have I ever been, what you would term a Stones fan. I...

Peggy Noonan, "The Big Three: Here's what the president should focus on in his last thousand days" T his slays me: To critici...

Gertrude Pridgett ("Ma") Rainey April 26, 1886--December 22, 1939

I' m more behinder than usual, even, but I didn't want to let last Friday's Gallup poll (Gallup News story here; interesting qu...