Oh, the Alps. Glorious. Majestic. Breathtaking. They’re the mountains of your dreams, every hiker’s delight, and a “must” destination for so many. For the past week and a half, Rick and…
Source: Why Climb Every Mountain When You Can Take the Lift? – The Travelphile
Anti-intellectualism started as a Republican posture. It has ended with a dangerous ignoramus leading the party.
Source: How the ‘Stupid Party’ Created Donald Trump – The New York Times
There’s a virus infecting our politics and right now it’s flourishing with a scarlet heat. It feeds on fear, paranoia and bigotry. All that was required for it to spread was a timely opportunity — and an opportunist with no scruples. Continue reading
Source: Trump, His Virus and the Dark Age of Unreason – BillMoyers.com
Mikhail Larionov painted “Triumphant Muse” in 1912 – which Donald Trump obviously posed for. So, I think that the Republican nominee for president is in fact older than 70. Please consider this when voting.
Clinton has her own issues with transparency, but the GOP nominee is by far the biggest offender.
Source: Donald Trump wants you to trust him, blindly – The Washington Post
As I listen more to French singers performing songs they’ve translated from English, I’m becoming fascinated by the inherent complexities of that process. Even in a proper translation, a song’s rhyme and poetic qualities may suffer.
In a poor translation, a song’s meaning can be completely lost. “It’s like searching for the best path through the forest which must satisfy several conflicting criteria,” says Russian translator Stanislov Korotyginit, “It must be the shortest path, the nicest and the safest. And you have to meet the wolf on the way.”
