What a great piece.
The Improbable Irving Berlin-from Lee Habeeb at the NRO.
Check out this part. This is completely awesome juice about an awesome Jew:
"It has been said that writing a song is a bit like giving birth:
laborious and miraculous. Berlin gave birth to over 1,500."
"He credited
his productivity to an inborn work ethic. Saul Bornstein, Berlin’s
publishing manager, observed that “it was a ritual for Berlin to write a
complete song, words and music, every day.”
"He told anyone who would
listen that he “did not believe in inspiration”; his most successful
compositions were the result of work."
As I always say: the harder I work, the "luckier" I get.
"Bing Crosby’s version of “White Christmas” sold over 50 million copies.
It’s an astounding number. It’s an astounding story. A poor fatherless
Jewish immigrant from Russia writes America’s most beloved Christmas
song! That’s a story the ACLU can’t wrap its small-mindedness around."
CELEBRATE DIVERSITY!!
He was happy just to be in the new world, the free world-in America.
Very different than all the disgusting culture of entitlement that greets immigrants, refugees and "the undocumented" in the North America of today.
