8.31 Henry Eyring: “When you meet someone, treat them as if they were in serious trouble: you will be right more than half the time.” 8.28 John McCain in The Restless Wave: The moral values and integrity of our nation, and the long, difficult, fraught history of our efforts to uphold them at home and …
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Just short of his 80th birthday, the great Gordon Lightfoot appeared at the Paramount theater in Peekskill on Sunday, August 12. Having battled various illnesses for the better part of a decade, Lightfoot was a gaunt but cheerful presence. The robust baritone was gone; Lightfoot sang in a thin voice, but on key, and with …
8.16 Paul Waldman in the Post: “The problem of inequality didn’t start with Trump. He has, however, done everything he can to make it worse. He gave a gargantuan tax break to the wealthy and corporations; the latter took that tax break and spent it on stock buybacks, which has the effect of boosting stock …
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Or around in it, to be precise. A very rainy day in a very rainy stretch cleared just enough for Paul and Anne and Greg and Susan and Ginny and I to take a boat ride on the Hudson. I had hoped teh captain would take us up as far as Cold Spring, but because …
7.28 Bryn Stole in the Times: “in the last decade or so, the crowds at large scale re-enactments have dwindled. Longtime hobbyists are aging out and retiring — soldiers in their 50s and 60s filled much of the camp at Gettysburg — and younger people aren’t marching onto mock battlefields in nearly the same numbers. …
On Wednesday the 18th, Cara and I went to see Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. We had fun!
7.17 Megan McArdle in the Washington Post: The poor are still poor because, despite their material goods, they still lack public dignity and control over the most important facts of their lives, such as where they live and how their children are educated. By those measures, the War on Poverty is far from over; indeed, …
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6.28 Arnold Schwarzenegger: “It is foolish to bring back laughable, outdated technology to suit your political agenda. I mean, what are you going to bring back next? Floppy disks? Fax machines? Beanie Babies? Beepers? Or Blockbuster? Think about it. What if you tried to save Blockbuster?” 6.28 Stanley Greenburg: “Democrats should not be distracted by …
Ginny and I spent Saturday afternoon at the old ball game, and saw those young Yankees roll on. Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez homered, Luis Severino pitched eight shutout innings, and Aaron Judge blasted two rocket-like doubles. Fun! 1.) Judge 2.) Severino 3.) Sanchez 4.) Us