7.31 On a taped 1971 phone conversation, Governor Reagan discusses a UN event with President Nixon, “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did . . . To see those, those monkeys from those African countries — damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” 7.31 Cory Booker: “We lost the state …
My friend Martin Charnin, the versatile, venerable showman, most famously as the lyricist and director of the Broadway show Annie, died last week. I met him circa 1991. One day out of the blue a man called me. He had read an article I had written for Spy called “When Disney Ruled America,” a speculative …
Perhaps I am partial to photos of right year old girls in Mia Hamm jerseys–having once had a couple of them around the house myself–but I was uplifted by the photo below. Taken in 2002, it shows yooung Rose Lavelle–not merely a member of world champion USWNT, but winner of the Bronze Boot for being …
Here’s Ginny, showing that she ain’t too proud to see a Broadway show featuring all the hits of the fabulous Temptations, even if it means standing in the heat amidst a milling crowd posing for her annoying husband.
Is there a better way to spend time with family and friends than throwing hatchets in Paramus New Jersey? Not on Saturday night there wasn’t, as Molly, Shawn, Cara and Joe joined me in belatedly celebrating Ginny‘s birthday. We had a fun time at Bury the Hatchet, making like Mel Gibson and hurling various sized …
I’m sorry Trump is turning Independence Day into a pretext for his self glorification, but he’s done it to everything his whole life, so why the indignation now? I’m a little more upset that on our southern border he is violating international law about asylum seekers, is turning the US government into an institution of …
Thanks to the largesse of Ron Swoboda, Ginny and I went to see the Mets play the Braves. The Mets came from behind to win 8-6. The Mets have a lot of underperforming players, but they do have some bright young stars who just might blossom in the future. Below, starter Noah Syndergaard returns from …
6.30 In the first MLB games played in Britain, the Yanks beat the Red Sox 17-13 and 12-8. 6.30 Bloomberg: U.S. suicide rates are at the highest level since World War II, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. “The U.S. suicide rate increased on average by about 1% a year …
5.31 William Barr on 60 Minutes: “I am at the end of my career. Everyone dies, and I am not, you know, I don’t believe in the Homeric idea that you know, immortality comes by, you know, having odes sung about you over the centuries.” 5.30 Eugene Robinson in the Post: I ’ve been back …
Thanks to Blair and Mary Lou Pavlik and the Connecticut Civil War Roundtable for having me up to Torrington to talk about the adventures of Commander Will Cushing. Great group! Nice people! I had a lot of fun