35 years ago and the legend lives on (from the chippewa on down…)
One of the greatest memorial ballads ever written preserves the legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald. 35 years ago Wednesday, the boat about which Gordon Lightfoot sang sank in Lake Superior, November 10,...
View Articlebill schniedewind’s heartfelt tribute to dr. anson rainey
My professor, Dr. William Schniedewind, has written a wonderful tribute to one of his professors, Dr. Anson Rainey, upon his passing. It has been published on the SBL website here. It begins: A...
View Articlerest in peace christopher hitchens
Rest in peace, Christopher Hitchens. Thank you for making us all think a little harder about what we know, what we believe, and the difference between the two. Thank you for your intellect, your wit,...
View ArticleRIP MCA
Rolling stone is reporting that Adam Yauch, AKA “MCA”, the gravelly-voiced member of the Beastie Boys has died at the age of 48. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2009. I first heard the Beasties in Jr....
View ArticleIn Memoriam: John William McKenzie Brady
On Friday, January 4, 2013, the funeral for John William McKenzie Brady (16 January 2004 – 31 December 2012), affectionately known as “Mack”, the eight-year-old son of Penn State Schreyer Honors...
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