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RAYMAN EXITS
On his way to what will be a sterling career, Noah Rayman pauses at Tuttles to bid his chambermates adieu.
BILL JAMES FOR THE HALL OF FAME
This article appeared in the New York Times on January 21, 2019. This week, the Baseball Hall of Fame will announce a new class of inductees, setting off rounds of celebrations — and debates. Fans will argue over whether Mariano Rivera deserves unanimous approval, or whether the use of performance-enhancing drugs should permanently block the …
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: “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 …
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 …
AUGUST 2018: “WE ARE THE MOST DESTABILIZING FORCE IN THE WORLD”
8.16 Paul Waldman in the Post: “The problem of inequality didn’t start with Trump. He has, however, done everything he can to make it worse. He gave a gargantuan tax break to the wealthy and corporations; the latter took that tax break and spent it on stock buybacks, which has the effect of boosting stock …
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AUGUST 3RD: ROLLIN’, ROLLIN’ DOWN THE RIVER
Or around in it, to be precise. A very rainy day in a very rainy stretch cleared just enough for Paul and Anne and Greg and Susan and Ginny and I to take a boat ride on the Hudson. I had hoped teh captain would take us up as far as Cold Spring, but because …
JULY 2018: “THIS SAD, EMBARRASSING WRECK OF A MAN”
7.17 Megan McArdle in the Washington Post: The poor are still poor because, despite their material goods, they still lack public dignity and control over the most important facts of their lives, such as where they live and how their children are educated. By those measures, the War on Poverty is far from over; indeed, …
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