2026-01-27 19:28:19
Bravo! Philip Glass withdraws premiere of his Symphony No.15 at Kennedy Center...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/27/philip-glass-withdraws-lincoln-symphony-kennedy-center
Bravo! Philip Glass withdraws premiere of his Symphony No.15 at Kennedy Center...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/27/philip-glass-withdraws-lincoln-symphony-kennedy-center
The US has announced plans to hold multi-day military exercises in the Middle East
as it deploys what Donald Trump has called an “armada”
led by the USS Abraham Lincoln to the region as part of a tense standoff with Iran.
The display of US air power was announced as the White House has suggested it could launch new strikes on Iran
after the government’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters that has left thousands dead and many more in detention with their fates uncer…
I thought this was pretty funny. Awkward dinner parties.
Hopefully no paywall, gift article.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/20
From these honored dead we take increased devotion
to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.
That this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom
and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people
shall not perish from the earth.
-- Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln didn't kill himself