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 …
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 …
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, …
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!
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 …
10.14 A CNN poll gives Former Vice President Joe Biden 33% of Democrats; Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 13%; California Senator Kamala Harris 9%; Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren 8%; New Jersey Senator Cory Booker 5%; Former Secretary of State John Kerry 5%; Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg 4%; Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke 4%; Former …
9.30 Robert Shapiro in The Washington Post: Using the White House’s preferred data, average earnings rose from $894.06 in January 2017 to $937.02 in August 2018. That suggests impressive gains of $42.96 weekly over the 20-month period and $30.02 weekly over the past year. But what about median earnings rather than average earnings — that …
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Gradually, in 1964 and 1965, my onsetting adolescence, arriving amid a changing world, new influences and interests came into my life.Some really stuck: Marvel comics, so bold and imaginative; The Man from UNCLE, so exotic and seemingly sophisticated; and Top 40 radio, most especially the performers of the folk rock genre, most particularly Simon & …
9.21 Paul Simon at Madison Square Garden 9.19 From Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time, by Ian O’Connor: “One New England assistant said the general feeling among staff members around that time wasn’t that Belichick‘s system could make Super Bowl quarterbacks out of all 32 NFL starters. ‘But if you …
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Governor Cuomo officially opened the Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge, which crosses the Hudson between Westchester and Rockland counties. Named for his father, the bridge replaces the Tappan Zee bridge. The Governor was joined on the dias by Hillary Rodham Clinton