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 …
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 …
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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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
9.6 Washington Post: Trump reacted to the column with “volcanic” anger and was “absolutely livid” over what he considered a treasonous act of disloyalty and told confidants he suspects the official works on national security issues or in the Justice Department. . . .The phrase “The sleeper cells have awoken” circulated on text messages among …
8.31 Henry Eyring: “When you meet someone, treat them as if they were in serious trouble: you will be right more than half the time.” 8.28 John McCain in The Restless Wave: The moral values and integrity of our nation, and the long, difficult, fraught history of our efforts to uphold them at home and …
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On Wednesday the 18th, Cara and I went to see Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. We had fun!