FERRYMAN!
Ginny, Cara and I went to the theater last night to see Jez Butterworth‘s sad and dramatic play about Ireland The Ferryman, directed by Sam Mendes, and starring Bryan D’Arcy James. I enjoyed it.
DOWNTOWN, WHERE ARE THE LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT
On Saturday, I cashed in today on the Christmas gift given to me by my Hamilton-loving daughter Cara, who gave us tickets to a Hamilton themed walking tour of Lower Manhattan. We saw many interesting sights, including Hamilton’s grave, the FDNY Frieze at the 9-11 site, and the tiny ancient Stone Street, still reminiscent of …
AND NOW, THE WEST WING
I was always a fan of TheWest Wing. Now it turns out that one of the pranks I initiated at Spy inspired an episode. In the January 1993 issue, we pulled a prank on incoming Congressmen, interviewing them with a series of stupid questions that culminated with a solicitation of their opinion of what to …
APRIL 2019: “THIS IS THE END OF MY PRESIDENCY. I’M FUCKED.”
4.30 Historian Alvin Felzenberg: “There is no question that Trump did not invent himself — there are issues that he’s capitalized on that have been percolating for some time. If the president were to decide: ‘I made my point, did some good for the country, and am going to spend the rest of my days …
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BROMBERG IN IRVINGTON
Accompanied by our friends Cathy and Tim and Susan And Greg, Ginny and I saw the wonderful David Bromberg quintet last night at the Irvington Town Hall. His voals were strong and supple, and his playing was supple. Great show!
RAYMAN EXITS
On his way to what will be a sterling career, Noah Rayman pauses at Tuttles to bid his chambermates adieu.
APRIL 2019: “THE LAST GASP OF TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS”
4.12 Jim VandeHei in Axios: The explosion of technology in every facet of life is a big reason that the rich are getting richer, and the big are getting bigger. Scary thought: The situation is on track to get worse, because artificial intelligence will make the internet look like the Apple II. Why it matters: …
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MOTHER KNOWS BEST
This is the best prank ever: In 1990, Spy magazine sent a check for 13 cents to a bunch of wealthy Americans. Only two people cashed the checks. One was an arms dealer. The other was Donald Trump. #AprilFoolsDay; https://t.co/qKck3HE8Bm — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 1, 2019
PIKETTY SPEAKS!
On Thursday the 28th I went to a lecture by the celebrated economist Thomas Piketty at Columbia University. Author of the best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Piketty emphases his work on wealth concentrations and distribution over the past 250 years. He says that the rate of capital return in developed countries is persistently …