Jamie Malanowski

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MARCH 2024

3.14 Visited Cathy and Tim. 3.14 Anne Lamott in the Washington Post: “Age is giving me the two best gifts: softness and illumination. It would have been nice if whoever is in charge of such things doled them out in our younger years, but that’s not how it works. Age ferries them across the water, …

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FEBRUARY 2024: “YOU’VE GOT TO PAY. YOU’VE GOT TO PAY YOUR BILLS.”

2.29 Fintan O’Toole in NYRB: “Trump is America’s biggest comedian. His badinage is hardly Wildean, but his put-downs, honed to the sharpness of stilettos, are many people’s idea of fun. For them, he makes anger, fear, and resentment entertaining. For anyone who questions how much talent and charisma this requires, there is a simple answer: …

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JANUARY 2024: “AS IF THE COUNTRY WAS WANDERING THROUGH A MIST”

1.31 Two of Trump’s political action committees, Save America leadership PAC and the Make America Great Again PAC, spent $55.6 million on legal bills in 2023, according to campaign filings. 1.31 Eric Klinenberg in The New York Times: “The very different people I spoke with that year all had one thing in common: a feeling …

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OCTOBER 2023: “IT LEAVES YOU WITH THE NEED TO MAKE WAR TO BRING PEACE”

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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JULY 2023: “WE’RE GOING TO START SLITTING THROATS”

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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