There are a lot of weird things beside the road. From the world's largest griddle in the Finger Lakes to a giant rock that defies explanation in North Salem.
By Michael Powell
Published Feb. 14, 2021
A periodical devoted to the study of a long-dead European music theorist is an unlikely suspect to spark an explosive battle over race and free speech.
But the tiny
Journal of Schenkerian Studies, with a paid circulation of about 30 copies an issue per year, has ignited a fiery reckoning over race and the limits of academic free speech, along with whiffs of a generational struggle. The battle threatens to consume the career of Timothy Jackson, a 62-year-old music theory professor at the University of North Texas, and led to calls to dissolve the journal.
It also prompted Professor Jackson to file an unusual lawsuit charging the university with violating his First Amendment rights while accusing his critics of defamation.
patients. next the bad or breast cancer, i should say. a tractor pulling a car causes a weight so big it broke through a flood prevention wall. a giant duck on display in taiwan explodes hours before it was expected to attract a big crowd to bring in the new year. time for responses. christmas may be a fading memory but some people haven t lost that festive feeling. we wanted to know when do you take down your decorations? were they out with 2013 or do you let them linger longer? liz says my decorations come down the day after christmas. takes about a week to get back to order. all is back to normal by the new year. donna march resays i take them down on new year s day. the spirit remains in my heart all through the year. david says i received a summons last year from court because of my christmas lights. when i get a warm weekend
only it is big, this duck, five stories high. and it is world traveling. having bobbed through or near paris, osaka, japan, brazil, new zealand and australia where they had to raise the bridge to let him through. always a crowd stuck to the spot, mesmerized the duck says nothing and only stares back at you. you can t not look at it. the dutch artist who created it thinks that s because of childhood. it brings joy, obviously. it brings people together. we are living on the planet. we are one family. and the global waters are our bathtub. reporter: given a certain turn of mind, giant duck, crowds reeled in, this could be horror movie stuff. the duck is sweet, nice, gently gliding soon to america. where exactly? the duck is not saying. we ll know when he gets here. john donvan, abc news, washington. i m a fan of the duck. i love the duck. the duck for president. world peace. 54 feet high. inflatable. is that right, 54 feet high. can you believe that? up next, an early