Yogi Berra – Michael A. Kahn

Was Yogi a Yogi?

Posted on October 15, 2015September 4, 2021 by Michael Kahn

We in St. Louis joined Baseball Nation in mourning the recent death of baseball legend Yogi Berra, a beloved son of our town who grew up on the Italian Hill. As might be expected, the obituaries celebrated not only his remarkable baseball career but his equally remarkable quotations–sayings that might strike you initially as absurd…

Two More Wise Men on Immortality

Posted on June 19, 2013October 23, 2013 by Michael Kahn

Following up on my last post on immortality, I wanted to share some deep thoughts on the topic from two wise men–one dead for nearly two millennia, the other still hanging in there. First, Marcus Aurelius, who died in the year 180 A.D. He wrote in his Meditations: “He who has a vehement desire for…