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I’m ready to boycott Amazon. Collusion between Gov. Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio, and Amazon, reported by J. David Goodman in the Times: “City and state officials provided detailed information to the company and agreed to sign a nondisclosure agreement that … Continue reading →

But I finally got to see Henry King’s silent Stella Dallas. Last month. As part of a Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. What took me so long? You see, in 1969 I purchased by special order … Continue reading →

Megalomania springs eternal: looks like Bloomberg really thinks he’s got a shot at the national throne. If he does dare seek the Democratic nomination, we: the non-wealthy, the working people, the artists of New York City  must fan out across … Continue reading →

Unsigned in Stage Magazine, 1936: “The amount of absolutely first-class music to be heard on the radio at this time of year makes this a different country from what it was five years ago. You can hardly find a hamlet … Continue reading →

that the sprinkling of buildings that the Tech Hub scam was permitting to be considered for landmark designation are not presently endangered *. The architects of this swindle purposely did not propose for designation any low-rise buildings that are ripe … Continue reading →

Ironic, isn’t it? George H.W. Bush’s Gulf War I helped to bring on  Osama bin Laden’s attack, which was then exploited by George W. Bush to launch Gulf War II, another catastrophic war of choice against Iraq.

“Since our leaders are behaving like children, we will have to take the responsibility they should have taken long ago,” fifteen-year-old climate acitivist Greta Thunberg declares. The shocking, cosmically deranged determination of adults to ignore the probable  endgame to humanity … Continue reading →

Tomorrow, Tuesday, be at the Landmarks Preservation Commission to speak in favor of the paltry handful of buildings that it has agreed to consider for designation in the Tech Nub, NE Village district. And then support the real deal: demand … Continue reading →

Like Sen. Sasse, the Senator from Arizona will do anything, I mean anything, to preserve American democracy–except stand up to home-grown, Trumpian, McConnell-curated American totalitarianism.

If they revert to their whimpering, c ringing ways, they can forget about victory in 2020. Any Dem who falls for McConnell’s hooey about “presidential harassment” is hammering yet another nail into what could be the party and the country’s … Continue reading →