11.30 Matt Bai in Washington Post: “Whether you like Biden or not (I do), the Democratic Party right now is taking a shockingly reckless gamble with the country’s future. The oldest president in history is about to become an even older nominee, backstopped by a vice president whom barely a third of the country likes. …
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10.30 For the first time in franchise history, the New York Rangers sweep a road trip consisting of at least five games. 10.28 Ivy visits. 10.28 Matthew Perry dies at 54 10.27 Bloomberg: “The population of the Land of the Rising Sun is sinking rapidly and, by the turn of the next century, will shrink …
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9.30 What the Constitution Means To Me, at Capital Rep. 9.30 The Washington Post: “Thumbing through the tanned pages of centuries-old records in the basement of the British Library, Nicholas Radburn came across an illustration that took him aback. A crown resembling the iconic St. Edward’s headpiece from British coronations sat atop the letters S …
8.31 Joseph Biggs, a onetime lieutenant in the Proud Boys, is sentenced to 17 years in prison after his conviction on charges of seditious conspiracy for plotting the attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 8.31 In a filing, the NY AG alleges that Trump and his associates fraudulently inflated his net worth by between $812 …
AUGUST 2023: “MY SON IS MUCH MORE INVOLVED THAN I AM” Read More »
7.31 Paul Reubens—PeeWee Herman—dies at 70. 7.31 Megan McArdle at the Washington Post: “Kids who attend Ivy Plus schools don’t actually end up earning all that much more on average than those who attend selective public universities, but they are significantly more likely to end up in the top 1 percent of earners. And while it would …
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To mark our mutual embarkation this year on our eighth decades, Ginny and I took a Viking Cruise down the Rhone River through Provence. A wonderful experience–food, service, facilities and activities were all well done. We visited Lyon, Vienne, Arles, Avignon and other remarkable places. Among the sites: the Basilica in Lyon; a Roman temple …
6.30 Alan Arkin dies at 89. 6.29 The Supreme Court effectively ending affirmative action for college admissions instead. Writing for a 6-3 majority split along ideological lines, Chief Justice John Roberts concluded that the race-based admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and …
5.31 More appearances in the Times Union and other publications about my (non) involvement in An American Crisis. 5.31 Rachel Leibacher dies at 61. 5.30 Ron Brownstein in The Atlantic: “In 2024, Millennials and Gen Z may, for the first time, cast as many ballots as the Baby Boomers and older generations; by 2028, they …
4.30 The Boston Bruins, who won more games this season than any team in NHL history, were eliminated by the Florida Panthers with an Overtime Game 7 defeat in the first round of the playoffs. The Bruins lost at home, after holding a 3-1 games advantage in the series, and a 3-2 lead with a …
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3.30 Manhattan grand jury indicts Trump on 33 counts of business fraud. Marc Fisher in the Washington Post: “For a half-century, Donald Trump has portrayed himself as the consummate dealmaker — and the ultimate escape artist, a serial entrepreneur turned politician who managed to avoid major consequences despite having been investigated in every decade of …