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7.31 The New York Times: The coronavirus pandemic’s toll on the nation’s economy became emphatically clearer Thursday as the government detailed the most devastating three-month collapse on record, which wiped away nearly five years of growth. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced, fell 9.5 percent in the second quarter of …

JULY 2020: “A FOUNDING FATHER OF A FULLER, FAIRER, BETTER AMERICA” Read More »

6.30 Anthony Fauci: “I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 [cases] a day.” 6.30 Carl Reiner dies at 98 6.30 Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signs a bill to change the state flag Tuesday, effectively ending the most prominent display of the Confederate battle emblem in the country. 6.30 Donald J. Trump in …

JUNE 2020: “YOU HAVE TO DOMINATE” Read More »

5.31 I felt inexplicable joy in seeing this 2000 photo of Bob Dylan reading Baseball Weekly in an empty convenience store. 5.31 Christo dies at 84 5.31 Danielle Allen in the Post: We should choose: reduce our reliance on incarceration from 70 percent of the sanctions imposed in our criminal-justice system to 10 percent. This …

MAY 2020: “I THINK WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A VACCINE” Read More »

4.30 Trump: “I am not f**king losing to Joe Biden,”  4.28 Cuomo on Axios on HBO: “When we heard in December that China had a virus problem, and China said basically, ‘It was under control, don’t worry,’ we should’ve worried. . . . When China says, ‘Don’t worry, I have a fire in my backyard,’ …

APRIL 2020: “I SEE THE DISINFECTANT WHERE IT KNOCKS IT OUT IN ONE MINUTE” Read More »

3.31 Howard Stern on Sirius XM: “Do I pull my hair out of my head when I see my buddy Donald Trump standing there talking about how can people not look at his ratings and his ratings are higher than ‘The Bachelor?The reason his ratings are higher is “because people are scared shitless. It’s because we’re in …

MARCH 2020: “I DON’T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL.” Read More »

2.29 Biden wins South Carolina primary in a landslide, taking 48% of the vote against Sanders‘ 20%, and winning every county.  2.28 Washington Post: A report issued by the Authors Guild says incomes earned by writing have dropped 24 percent since 2013, and half of all full-time authors earn less than the federal poverty level …

FEBRUARY 2020: “THE PRESIDENT’S PURPOSE WAS PERSONAL AND POLITICAL” Read More »

1.31 Ginny and I see Colin Quinn at the Tarrytown Music Hall. 1.31 Paul Krugman in the Times: In terms of actual policy, it probably doesn’t matter much who the Democrats nominate — as long as he or she wins, and Democrats take the Senate too. If you’re a centrist worried about the gigantic spending …

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12.30 Axios: During the 2010s, the global 1% accumulated unfathomable wealth, while the rate of extreme poverty around the world was cut in half (15.7% in 2010 to 7.7% now), and all but eradicated in China. A tipping point was reached in 2018, when more than half the worldwas part of the middle class or above for the first …

DECEMBER 2019 “DON’T MESS WITH ME” Read More »

11.29 9/11 Memorial with Ginny and Cara 11.26 Adam Serwer in The Atlantic: “Americans should not fear tension. They should fear its absence.” 11.25 Playing just three quarters of a game in which the Ravens defeated the Rams 45-6, Lamar Jackson threw for 169 yards and five touchdowns, and rushed for 95 yards. 11.25 Judge …

NOVEMBER 2019: “I THINK THIS IS ALL GOING TO BLOW UP” Read More »

10.31 Gov. Cuomo, after Trump announces that he is changing his residence from New York to Florida: “Good riddance.” 10.30 In a gem of a game, The Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 6-2, winning their series 4 games to 3. Every game in the series was won by the home team. During the playoffs, …

OCTOBER 2019: “GOOD RIDDANCE” Read More »