Monthly Archives: February 2024

TCS: I Heard This Morning On The News

Good Morning! ______________________________ “If news is not really news unless it is bad news, it may be difficult to claim we are an informed nation.” — Norman Cousins ________________ “We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant … Continue reading

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TCS: When I Was Harmless and Didn’t Know Any Better

    Good Morning! ______________________________ “The young always have the same problem ─ how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.” — Quentin Crisp ________________ “the stars … Continue reading

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TCS: Stars Dazzle in Some Other Part of This World

 Good Morning! ______________________________ “If I know what love is, it is because of you.” — Hermann Hesse ________________  “Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his … Continue reading

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TCS: One Music With a Thousand Cadences

 Good Morning! ______________________________ “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” ― Joseph Brodsky, U.S. Poet Laureate (1991-1992) ________________ “Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you’re going to conceal faults by concealing evidence … Continue reading

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