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Monday, January 26, 2026

Can Music Be Perfect? Vol. 109

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We were listening to this one in the Subaru this weekend, on a CD (!) of Joni M's favorite tunes. Of course she has great taste. It'...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

The Donroe Doctrine

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David Cole on the Maduro operation in historical perspective: But in other respects Trump’s “brilliant operation” is unprecedented in moder...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

Confession

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I like to cook marinara sauce. It's pretty easy, you can control the seasoning, and if you use high-quality canned tomatoes it's alm...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Year-end reading

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The Sweet Dove Died Barbara Pym 'Yes,' she answered. 'Yes, I forgive you,' she repeated, as if she were not quite sure. One ...

Move along, nothing to see here...

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1.5ÂșC and all that .
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Can Music Be Perfect? Vol. 108

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It's instructive to play this incredible album alongside Coltrane's 1961 classic Live at the Village Vanguard recording. Apples to o...
Saturday, December 6, 2025

Steve Cropper, RIP

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Got to have a hundred ... 
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Tall tales and fairy tales

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Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov I recently heard the awesome violinist Alexi Kenney* lead the San Francisco Symphony in Vivaldi's Four Season...
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Bill Sundstrom
I am a professor of economics at Santa Clara University. I like to write; hence this blog. Views expressed are mine and mine alone. Thanks for visiting. (Photo above: Diplacus aurantiacus, one of our lovely California native monkeyflowers.)
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