CHRISTMAS IN ALBANY
Speechwriters get their yules tied at the Governor’s Holiday Party in Albany. That’s Mac Barrett, Amy Hubbard, and Tom Topoussis with me.
SOMEDAY SOME WAY
We caught Marshall Crenshaw at the Turning Point in Piermont with our friends Cathy Gallagher and Tim Hart.
DECEMBER 2018: “YOU HAVE TO BE WILLFULLY BLIND”
12.6 Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry tied the NFL record witha 99 yard touchdown run against the Jacksonville Jaguars, highlighted by three amazing stiff arms of would-be tacklers. 12.6 Geore W. Bush eulogizes his father: In his inaugural address, the 41st President of the United States said this, we cannot hope only to leave …
A MAN WALKS INTO A DAVID BROMBERG CONCERT. . .
We went to see see David Bromberg at the Colony in Woodstock, and who wandered onto the stage but Larry Campbell? Bromberg was terrific–in great voice, he performed with great verve and personality. And Larry was at his Larryest. We had a very good time.
JEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE
I’m delighted to be here tonight at the Jewish Labor Committee’s 47th Human Rights Awards Dinner. Not long ago I visited a library. Among their collection were books on the history of New York, and books on the United States. There were books about Immigration; about the experiences of the Jews, and the Italians, and …
NOVEMBER 2018: “MADDENINGLY UNACKNOWLEDGED”
11.30 George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st president, dies at 94. 11.30 Barck Obama, quoted in The Atlantic: “There was a reverence there for that [Oval] office that is independent of you, and if you don’t feel that, then you shouldn’t be there. Because a lot of fights, a lot of sacrifices, a lot of bloodshed …
A WEEK OF HATE
This was a week of hate in America. The crimes that shocked our nation this week—attempted political assassination, mass murder—are beyond horrifying. Between the pipe bombs, the murders at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that constituted the worse attack on the Jewish community in American history, and the murder of two random black …
OCTOBER 2018: “I COULD REALLY TONE IT UP.”
10.31 Trump: “Paul Ryan should be focusing on holding the Majority rather than giving his opinions on Birthright Citizenship, something he knows nothing about! Our new Republican Majority will work on this, Closing the Immigration Loopholes and Securing our Border!” 10.30 Paul Ryan: “You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order.” 10.30 Whitey Bulger, …
KATHLEEN MADIGAN
Ginny and I saw Kathleen Madigan at the Paramount in Peekskill. She called Peekskill a good starter town for a serial killer, and went from there. Very sharp and very funny!
KANYE-TRUMP
Here are some of the highlights from the full transcript of what Kanye West said at the Trump meeting. Kanye West on uncertainty surrounding his bipolar diagnosis I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I was connected with a neuropsychologist that works with the athletes in the NBA and the NFL. And he looked at my …