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A horse involved in the coronation procession from Westminster Abbey reared backwards into the crowds after it appeared to be spooked.

It’s supposed to be solemn and settledAnd in celebration of the individual human life,Whatever it is. It’s each of us of course,And yet the view we have of it is so obliqueIt might as well be one of nobody at all,Or of a vague interior with a figure in a roomWho could be anyone. This sense that it’s so closeIt must be you: what do we really know of it,And how could anything that simple be that rea...

I never cared for Cream or Eric Clapton’s songs, Though his guitar can break my heart, as it does on “Layla,” Only not because of the song. Susan and I went to the wedding Of a friend whose name I can’t remember, and her fiancé Butchie, in a picture-perfect church I still remember on Cape Cod. There were pews and vows, tuxedoes and a wedding gown As they came skipping down the church steps, beamin...

Its been quite a while since the last time weve featured the work by Aleah Chapin who was one of the artists that participated in ME: An E...

Anything happens in your life that needs help? he then -- this is the even more beautiful part. what do you think he does with the alligator? look what he does. you would be thinking kill it or call the cops, you know what i mean? leave it somewhere, put a big rock on the top. nope. he goes across the street, down a pond with a big ass angry alligator in there, okay? in slides, walking backwards. goes to the pond, taking his sweet time, and then he lets it go. and takes back his garbage can, bec...

Door on this. and it works. amazing. then he lifts it up. what else do you need to see to make this man someone you absolutely call whenever anything happens in your life that needs help? he then -- this is the even more beautiful part. what do you think he does with the alligator? look what he does. you would be thinking kill it or call the cops, you know what i mean? leave it somewhere, put a big rock on the top. nope. he goes across the street, down a pond with a big ass angry alligator in th...

I guess theyve been listening to me a lot more. hillary clinton -- >> in the trump era, this is the presidents briefing room. >> i want to just tell you something. >> the president has taken the stage with him. and he treats rooms that are not the briefing room as the briefing room. >> thank you, everybody. >> president trump often answers questions en route to his chopper or at the end of oval office events. >> thank you. thank you. >> i may, i may. im not sure. >> in june, he even did 20 minut...

Parkland. the idea is for students to fete to a partly cloudy park for the remember prance of those students in a call to action. what do you see? >> reporter: im in the midst of a couple of thousand students who are out here including this young man, hector navarro. 18 years old. what do you hope will come as a result of this walk-out? >> change. all we want is change thats all weve been asking for. we thank everybody that came out and doing the walk with us and every other school. chang, we ha...

The military. >> you were? why the army? what motivated you to join the army? >> war. were at war. and then i felt it was my duty as an american to go out there and wear the uniform. >> what kind of mission were you engaged in? >> that day we were just going to the security meeting. so were walking down this road that weve walked many times prior. >> when did you notice something was wrong? >> right after the bat it felt weird. you know youve been there. you know, you step up, and its just that ...