Peter Murmann

It did not occur to me until I read the obituary of Ollie Johnston, apparently one of Disney’s finest animators, that behind every good animator lies a good actor. Ollie Johnston, last of Disney’s elite animators, died on April 14th, aged 95 IF YOU interviewed Ollie Johnston in the last years of his life, sooner or [Read More]

When I was going for lunch today, two girls strolled by and one said to the other:

Last week I was reminded again of the sage observations that real life generates stories that no fiction writer could ever imagine.  Who would have thought that the prosecutor who went after prostitution rings would fall with lightening speed precisely because he was involved with the kind of ring in his previous role as attorney [Read More]

It is a leap year again. I barely noticed it until I read this fascinating article. A Great Leap Forward By CHRIS TURNEY WHEN Frederic, the hero of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance,” learns that his Feb. 29 birthday means that he is not 21 years old but 5, he figures he’ll have to serve [Read More]

I had no idea how prolific a writer Ben Franlin was. Here you can read a short biography of one American Founding fathers and learn how to educate yourself to be a great writer.

Benjamin Franklin

He had some business to attend to

By PEGGY NOONAN (WSJ) If Hillary Clinton loses, does she know how to lose? What will that be, if she loses? Will she just say, “I concede” and go on vacation at a friend’s house on an island, and then go back to the Senate and wait? Is it possible she could be so normal? Politicians [Read More]