JUNE 2018
6.28 Arnold Schwarzenegger: “It is foolish to bring back laughable, outdated technology to suit your political agenda.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 …
JUNE 16: YANKEES 4, RAYS 1
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
JUNE 15: LSD TOUR
To celebrate my birthday, Ginny took me to Bethel Woods to see the so-called LSD Tour: Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakum. They really rocked! 1.) The headliners together! 2.) Yoakum; 3.) Lucinda and Steve; 4) The very good opening act King Leg
JUNE 13: DAVID LOBL EXITS
David Lobl, the Governor’s Jewish affair advisor, is departing after something like six years. The Chamber bid him an affectionate adieu at Tuttle’s on June 13th. And deservedly–he is one of the good guys. 1.) John Vincinanza and David; 2.) Maria Michelos, Tom Topousis, Hazel; 3.) Howard Zemsky, Mac Barrett, Bill Mulrow, David; 4.) Bill, …
JUNE 2018: “WE’RE AMERICA, BITCH”
6.16 Saw the Yanks beat the Rays 4-1 with Ginny. Homers by Stanton and Sanchez, two doubles by Judge, 8 shutout innings by Severino 6.15 The Atlantic: In Baltimore, a 20-year gap in life expectancy exists between the city’s poor, largely African American neighborhoods and its wealthier, whiter areas. A baby born in Cheswolde, in …
OLANA
After spending the night in Kingston, we went north to see Olana, the great estate and grand house built by the great painter of the Hudson School Frederick Church. The home is spectacular, not in the way of millionaire opulence, but artistic vision. Visually exciting building, perfect landscape. What God would have done if he …
WOODSTOCK NY, JUNE 8th, 10:45 PM
Saw my favorites Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams at the Colony Hotel in Woodstock, with Ginny and Greg and Susan Schmidt.
CRUELTY IN OUR NAME
Right before our eyes, a catastrophe is taking shape on our southern border. And like the orderly, well-argued, reasonably presented policies that permitted racial segregation, the internment of Japanese nationals, restricting Jewish immigration in the 1930s, and other ugly, shameful moments in our history, this one rises from our failure to recognize costs of political …
JUNE 2018
6.7 President Trump, on next week’s summit with North Korea: “I’m very well prepared. I don’t think I have to prepare very much. It’s about attitude. It’s about willingness to get things done.” 6.7 The Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup, defeating Las Vaegas, 4 games to 1 6.4 Eric Trump in Westchester Magazine:“ My …