Some old fuds think magic pills can keep their minds from ossifying. I take mini-courses my local university offers. The latest concerned communicable diseases and was taught by a microbiologist, Janne Cannon. She was excellent and the course alarming. After … Continue reading
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In “The Year of Lear,” about how the events of 1606 are reflected in the works Shakespeare produced during that year, we are told about an Elizabethan divine who preached in 1577 during a time of plague, when the poet … Continue reading