Dot’s Reading Room: Video Games Creating a New Generation of Classical Music Fans
Dot has been reading up on the video game Starfield, and how video games are creating a new generation of classical music
Dot’s Reading Room: On Making it Official
“Just about anybody in America can officiate a wedding, thanks to the internet – and one determined preacher." American culture.” If you
Dot’s Reading Room: How Important is the “Age Factor” in the 2024 Presidential Election?
Today’s “Reading Room” pulls from an article in “The Conversation” by historian Maurizio Valsania. How Important is the “Age Factor” in the
Dot’s Reading Room: International Women’s Day
Dot looks at some key statistics about women, who make up more than one-half of our population.
Dot’s Reading Room – February 2023
For the February Reading Room, Dot focuses on "a truly remarkable book" - “Half American: the Epic Story of African Americans fighting
Dot’s Reading Room – What if the Jan. 6 attack had succeeded?
A Harvard professor’s book asks: What if the Jan. 6 attack had succeeded?
Dot’s Reading Room – Y’all for Yankees?
“Y'all," that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it’s about time.
Dot’s Reading Room: ‘Over the Holidays Try Talking to Your Relatives Like an Anthropologist’
“How is it possible to spend so much time with your parents and grandparents and not really know them?"
Dot’s Reading Room – The First Televised World Series Spurred America’s Television Boom, 75 Years Ago
It wasn’t until the 1947 World Series between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers – 75 years ago – that fans
Dot’s Reading Room: Our Very Distant Cousins – the Neanderthals
It must have been all those National Geographic Magazines I devoured as a child but I’ve always been fascinated by the Neanderthals.
This week, Sept. 18-24, is “Banned Books” Week ~ “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us”
An article in The Conversation by a University of Southern California professor who teaches a class on banned books says book bans
Dot’s Reading Room: Electric School Buses ~ 1,000 in California, 18 in Massachusetts
Electric school buses are taking students back to school – bringing cleaner air and lower maintenance costs to school districts across the
Dot’s Reading Room ~ The Evolution of the National Rifle Association
This timely article appears in today’s issue of The Conversation:How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to
Dot’s Reading Room: A New Concern as You Start to Think About Filing Your Tax Return….
Government agencies—including the IRS—are using a facial recognition company to prove your identity. James Hendler, Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences,
Dot’s Reading Room: Now for something on the lighter side: Fruitcake
“The Magnificent History of the Maligned and Misunderstood Fruitcake,” by Jeffrey Miller, Associate Professor of Hospitality Management at Colorado State University, posted
Dot’s Reading Room: Changes Coming to US Postal Service Board of Directors ~ Why it Matters
As the holidays draw ever nearer, the makeup of the US Postal Service Board of Directors takes on new importance to Bedford,
Dot’s Reading Room: Are Torrential Rains Becoming the Norm?
Last week’s rainfall and the “lake” that formed in the Stop and Shop plaza are local reminders that climate change can hit
Dot’s Reading Room: Farmers’ Markets Offer Fresh Food and Community Connections
One of my fond childhood memories is of going with my mother on a Saturday morning to the Raleigh, NC farmer’s market.
Dot’s Reading Room: US Postal Service, Part II ~ Still Sending U.S. Mail?
If you think mail delivery is slow now, just wait until Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s proposed restructuring takes effect. In the June
Dot’s Reading Room: US Postal Service Update, Part 1 ~ Did You Ever Wonder …
... What it's like to ride in a US Postal Truck? When the U.S. mail trucks come lumbering around your neighborhood did
Dot’s Reading Room: ‘Hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, and floods’ and Bedford’s Hazard Mitigation Plan for Municpal Vulnerability Preparedness
"Hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, floods – whatever your local risk, here's how to be more weather-ready, a recent article in The Conversation dovetails
Dot’s Reading Room: Non-fungible Tokens
Suddenly-at least to this person’s eye—a new term has come into the language, and into print. What, you may ask, is a
Climate Change ~ Blowing A Gale on a Chilly, Chilly Day
Texas and its recent cold weather problems are a long way from Bedford, but we’re not immune from the possibility-or even the
Dot’s Reading Room: Ideological Extremists Grab Media Attention and Distort Issue Debate
Today’s article from The Conversation says Congressional members who espouse extreme positions get a lot of airtime and exposure but their actual
Dot’s Reading Room: How Age Diversity in a Presidential Cabinet could Affect Policies and Programs
President Joe Biden says his top appointments were purposely chosen “to look like America.” Will his mix of ages have an impact
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