https://adamisrael.com/tags/2016/ Recent content in 2016 on Adam Israel Hugo -- gohugo.io en Thu, 29 Dec 2016 09:44:13 -0500 https://adamisrael.com/blog/2016-is-a-dumpster-fire/ Thu, 29 Dec 2016 09:44:13 -0500 https://adamisrael.com/blog/2016-is-a-dumpster-fire/ For most of us, 2016 has been a dumpster fire of epic proportion. For me, it began with the death of David Bowie, days after my father’s 69th birthday; a poignant reminder that our idols are also mortal. We’ve added a shitload of fuel to that fire, folks. Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, and George Michael; iconic artists who reflected pieces of ourselves back at us. Florence Henderson, Gene Wilder, Allan Rickman, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kenny Baker, Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds; thespians who bared their souls through their work, allowing us to fall in love with them a piece at a time. Muhammad Ali and John Glenn; giants among us who reached for the the stars and came home glittering with stardust. Morley Safer, a familiar voice who showed me a bigger world as I watched his broadcasts from my grandparents living room.