ELLIS ISLAND INAUGURATION
“We will move forward, not by building walls, but by building bridges.”
EVERYTHING’S RIGHT WITH THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Last night we saw The Play That Goes Wrong at the Lyceum Theater on West 45th Street. It was hilarious! We laughed and laughed, and then laughed some more. From left: Shawn, Molly, Ginny, me, Cara, and Cara’s friend Joe. Those Broadway theater people–they know what they’re doing!
DECEMBER 2018: “THERE ARE NO MORE EXCUSES”
12.31 On the final episode of Escape at Dannemorra, Michael Imperioli plays the Gov. He is undersized and underused, but he conveyed the Gov’s confidence. 12.30 Mike Allen in Axios: One of the most important trends likely to drive the 2020 presidential race: A growing disillusion with capitalism as practiced, and a coming struggle over …
TIME CHIMES IN
George H.W. Bush has died, which means some work I contributed to THE once mighty Time Inc empire has finally seen the light of day. Five or six years ago. when Steve Koepp was running Time books, he recruited me to contribute to a few of the books they were producing. President Bush was feeling …
DECEMBER 2018: “I WILL TAKE THE MANTLE FOR SHUTTING IT DOWN”
12.13 Margaret Atwood: The systematic effort to drive a rift between access to knowledge and the citizens of a country has a familiar ring to this dystopian novelist. When I wrote The Handmaid’s Tale, I made sure that nothing went into it that had not come from somewhere in history. I used journalists, historians, and …
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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 …