Alabama hospital puts a pause on IVF in the wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children. Conservative groups have long revered Chief Justice Tom Parker as an architect for the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “The majority, in its opinion, cited an 1872 statute that allows parents to sue over the wrongful death of a child and found that ‘unborn children,’ including ‘extrauterine children,’ were included in that.” SMH at the faux Christian “logic.”
A Big Week in the Trump Trials; He Says Indictments and His Mug Shot Are Helping Him With Black Voters
Parent’s Guide to Fentanyl
Sleeping Pills & Addiction
Library staff reunites cat family
Bicentennial Minutes
Richard Lewis, “Neurotic” Comic, Dies at 76
RIP, artist Ramona Fradon, and stories about her
Dan Wilcox, Writer and Producer on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 82
Why Doesn’t Look Like a Heart?
Now I Know
The Ghost That Was Too Quiet and The Rules of the Roadkill, Smart Phone-Version and The Problem With Dark Blue and Yellow License Plates, and The Lion King and the Secret (But Not Actually R-Rated) Message
The Russians Are Coming
Alexei Navalny, the Fiercest Foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dies at 47. With every story, I become more sad and angry.
Jon Stewart on Tucker Carlson’s Putin Interview & Trip to Russia | The Daily Show
FFAPL book reviews/author talks
Tuesdays at 2 pm at 161 Washington Avenue branch of the Albany Public Library, 161 Washington Avenue
March 5 | Book Review | The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson. Reviewer: John McGuire, PhD, attorney.
March 12 | Author Talk | Author, Spiritual Director, and Book Coach Diane Cameron will discuss her book, Looking for Signs, and talk about writing memoirs.
March 19 | Book Review | The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike. Reviewer: Elaine Garrett, BFA, MA, STEM Outreach and Workforce Development, SUNY Research Foundation at NY Creates and the NYS Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology, UAlbany.
March 26 | Author Interview | Ian Ross Singleton, MFA, of the Writing & Critical Inquiry Program, U at Albany, SUNY, is interviewed by Geri Walsh, MS (special education), employment specialist, about his novel The Two Differences.
Music
Gotta Have You – Peter Sprague, featuring Leonard Patton and Rebecca Jade
boygenius – $20
J. Eric Smith: Yes and Good Rats
Farewell, Seiji Ozawa
Maggie Rose – Underestimate Me
Coverville 1476: Tribute to Melanie and Norah Jones Cover Story and 1477: The Robbie Williams Cover Story II
I Don’t Mind – MonaLisa Twins
Overture to Candide, conducted by composer Leonard Bernstein
Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
Jump – Van Halen
Texas Hold’Em – Beyoncé
A film music suite from the movie Miracle
Toots Thielemans – Bluesette
Sam Mendes will direct four movies about each Beatle, slated for release in 2027 with an “innovative and groundbreaking” release schedule