PUTIN: Should I pursue this campaign against Ukraine? ORACLE OF DELPHI: Should you send an army against the Ukrainians, a Russian army will capture the capital city in three days. PUTIN: haha nice

#OTD in 1963, John Franklin “Home Run” Baker passed away at the age of 77. He was one of the era’s most feared sluggers, having led or tied the American League for most homers per season from 1911-1914. Here's my painting of him with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1913.

Willie Mays

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We went from “I punch fascists” to “I heart Hitler” awfully fast.

A horrible suspicion that has sometimes haunted me is that the Conservative and the Progressive are secretly in partnership. That the quarrel they keep up in public is a put-up job, and that the way they perpetually play into each other's hands is not an everlasting coincidence.

Alec Guinness reads Journey Of The Magi, by Eliot. youtu.be/n2LlaKzUvcQ?si…

"Don't you remember? This thing of ours? You and Barry Obama, you ran North America."

The most culturally significant musical performance on television of all time, February 9, 1964

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Aurora Borealis from central Kentucky tonight.

Comet viewing tonight

Yankees fans today. There are no words. #Yankees

The Yankees' collapse in last night’s 5th game of the World Series was a long time coming. The Yankees have been mismanaged or poorly managed since their last World Series in 2009. Loaded with money, they make the wrong choices in buying athletes from other teams. They’ve

It will be big and beautiful.

Pope Leo XIV promises a renewal of Catholic social justice. My joyous take in UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/pope-…

Ricardo Muti speaks for me: "But don't make me say more. In Italy we were all virologists, now we are all Vaticanists. Let's let the Holy Father work." (In an interview, Muti expresses his hope that concerts will return to the Vatican and that Italian church music will, in

Check out Shibe for vintage sports gear from Philly artists! shibevintagesports.com/?smile_ref=eyJ…