Friday, December 19, 2025

Friday Links

Deeper research with newer techniques confirms studies fro 25 years ago, that the Cohanim priestly line is ancient and distinct.  It can be traced at least as far back as 850 BC, the time of the Assyrian invasion and the Captivity, and is present in nine Cohen lineages worldwide.

Garrison Keillor re-tells the Christmas Story.  My children grew up on this version 

Hitler did not have only one ball, contrary to the WWII song, according to a new DNA study.  He had a worse problem. 

Mark Stoller at Things Have Changed (sidebar) visits the Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie centers in Tulsa while in town for a Billy Strings concert.

I hesitate to mention Fuentes at all, knowing that he became famous for being famous via an astroturf campaign. Don't mention his name, and his name will pass on, as "Laredo" tells us. But Rob Henderson does a good job showing his vulnerability to a skilled interviewer. 

 

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