Recently I posted on Twitter what I called “The Wisdom of the Ages updated for the 21st Century,” for Friday Phrases (#FP). These are philosophical quotations that I slightly altered to reflect contemporary thinking and culture. Immediately below are the updated quotes, and then below that you’ll find the original quotes with some discussion about … Continue reading The Wisdom of the Ages Updated
A Frank Koenig Story: “The Stolen Car”
A Frank Koenig short from a few months ago. Hope you enjoy it.
A Frank Koenig Story: “The Meridian Lounge”
Here’s a post from a few months ago. Enjoy!
The Meridian Lounge
The Meridian Lounge on West 125th Street in Harlem featured local and up-and-coming jazz acts. The venue, smoke-filled and done in brass, contained a dozen tables, and the varnish had worn off the floorboards where the waitresses trekked from the bar to the patrons in the tight space. Alma Boudreau stood on the bandstand behind the microphone, cooing “Love For Sale,” the Cole Porter tune, accompanied by piano, bass, and a drummer using brushes. She wore a tight-fitting white sleeveless dress that plunged at the neckline and hugged her generous hips, and her honeyed voice would make songbirds jealous.
Frank Koenig, NYPD detective, had the only white face in the joint. The manager ran an establishment for coloreds, but made an exception for Frank, since he took a particular interest in black neighborhood crime when other cops wouldn’t. Nobody in the city knew why. It was Frank’s…
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More and Better Blues
As I wrote a little over a month ago, I play guitar in a blues band. We played a gig at one of our favorite venues in the city the other night, so I thought I'd post more videos. The place is The Shrine, and it's in Harlem. It's a great small venue, great sound … Continue reading More and Better Blues
Logic Part III: Answer Key
In my last post, I discussed fallacies, or mistakes in reasoning. At the end of that piece I provided some examples of various fallacies. Below is the answer key for those examples. Fallacy Examples Identify the fallacies committed in the following: 1. You may laugh about esp, but you can't prove it doesn't work. [Argument … Continue reading Logic Part III: Answer Key
Logic Part III: Informal Fallacies
After a Twitter exchange with someone who was particularly challenged with regard to logic, I promised to post some basic lessons in logic (I’ve been teaching the subject for many years). I began with a basic discussion of the nature of argumentation, which is one of the primary ways in which reasoning operates: it makes … Continue reading Logic Part III: Informal Fallacies
Logic Part II: Answer Key
In my last post, I discussed how to evaluate arguments. At the end of that piece I provided some examples of formal and informal arguments. Below is the answer key for those examples. FORMAL AND INFORMAL ARGUMENT EXAMPLES Identify which of the following is a formal and which is an informal argument. Can you tell … Continue reading Logic Part II: Answer Key
Logic Part II: Evaluating Arguments
After a Twitter exchange with someone who was particularly challenged with regard to logic, I promised to post some basic lessons in logic (I’ve been teaching the subject for many years). Part I began with a basic discussion of the nature of argumentation, which is one of the primary ways in which reasoning operates: it … Continue reading Logic Part II: Evaluating Arguments
Logic Part I: Answer Key
In my previous post, I discussed some of the basics of argumentation, the study of which is known as Logic. I'm posting here the answer key to the examples at the end of that last discussion. The conclusions are underlined, and the indicator words are in bold. I label the types of indicator words in … Continue reading Logic Part I: Answer Key
Logic Part I: The Nature of Argumentation
After a Twitter exchange with someone who was particularly challenged with regard to logic, I promised to post some basic lessons in logic (I’ve been teaching the subject for many years). I begin with a basic discussion of the nature of argumentation, which is one of the primary ways in which reasoning operates: it makes … Continue reading Logic Part I: The Nature of Argumentation
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