10.17 Trump‘s letter to Erdogan “Don’t be a fool!” 10.17 ABC’s Jonathan Karl, at White House Briefing: “[T]o be clear, what you just described is a quid pro quo. It is: Funding will not flow unless the investigation into the Democratic server happens as well.” Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney: “We do …
9.30 Albany 9.30 Elizabeth Drew in the Times: Speaker Pelosi and her allies argue that a narrow, Ukraine-based impeachment agenda is more likely to attract wider public support than a collection of grievances because it “is easier for the public to understand.” They’re spooked by the failure of the report by the special counsel, Robert …
8.31 Hugh Grant denounces Boris Johnson on Twitter: “You will not fuck with my children’s future. You will not destroy the freedoms my grandfather fought two world wars to defend. Fuck off you over-promoted rubber bath toy. Britain is revolted by you and you little gang of masturbatory prefects.” 8.28 Frank Bruni in the New …
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7.31 On a taped 1971 phone conversation, Governor Reagan discusses a UN event with President Nixon, “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did . . . To see those, those monkeys from those African countries — damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” 7.31 Cory Booker: “We lost the state …
Is there a better way to spend time with family and friends than throwing hatchets in Paramus New Jersey? Not on Saturday night there wasn’t, as Molly, Shawn, Cara and Joe joined me in belatedly celebrating Ginny‘s birthday. We had a fun time at Bury the Hatchet, making like Mel Gibson and hurling various sized …
I’m sorry Trump is turning Independence Day into a pretext for his self glorification, but he’s done it to everything his whole life, so why the indignation now? I’m a little more upset that on our southern border he is violating international law about asylum seekers, is turning the US government into an institution of …
Thanks to the largesse of Ron Swoboda, Ginny and I went to see the Mets play the Braves. The Mets came from behind to win 8-6. The Mets have a lot of underperforming players, but they do have some bright young stars who just might blossom in the future. Below, starter Noah Syndergaard returns from …
6.30 In the first MLB games played in Britain, the Yanks beat the Red Sox 17-13 and 12-8. 6.30 Bloomberg: U.S. suicide rates are at the highest level since World War II, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. “The U.S. suicide rate increased on average by about 1% a year …
Thanks to Blair and Mary Lou Pavlik and the Connecticut Civil War Roundtable for having me up to Torrington to talk about the adventures of Commander Will Cushing. Great group! Nice people! I had a lot of fun
Ginny, Cara and I went to the theater last night to see Jez Butterworth‘s sad and dramatic play about Ireland The Ferryman, directed by Sam Mendes, and starring Bryan D’Arcy James. I enjoyed it.