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Laura Jacobs will be reading from her new book, Celestial Bodies: How to Look at Ballet, tomorrow evening, May 8, at the Corner Bookstore at Madison and 93rd.  Page-turning starts at 6:00 p.m., and there’s a reception that follows.

Pelosi and Hoyer telling us they know how to pick winning Congressional candidates. Repeat after me: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016. . .

Trump and the GOP have truly reduced America to its nadir. They are the greatest internal threat this country has ever faced.

Andrew Berman in The Gotham Gazette writes about De Bloomberg’s “Mistaken Attempt to Supersize Buildings.” “With all the problems facing New York City right now, from dysfunctional subways to crumbling public housing to crippling congestion, why is this an issue … Continue reading →

Oh, the company Trump keeps. And oh, the company they keep. Fascist Guiliani demands that our Attorney General shut down the Department of Justice to minimize the legal jeopardy to which Trump’s criminality renders him.

Another reason the Democratic leadership must be replaced: their total refusal to bring environment issues to the forefront of electoral politics. They have refused to explain to Americans that environmental degradation = end of human species. They will not take the … Continue reading →

Proust in The Captive: “Time was when a stage manager would spend hundreds of thousands of francs to begem with real emeralds the throne upon which a great actress would play the part of an empress. The Russian ballet has … Continue reading →

It’s positively astounding how many public figures have lost their last shred of dignity and ostensible integrity after being roped in by Trump to participate in/defend his web of criminality and deceit. Prime example is Alan Dershowitz, who claims that … Continue reading →

Trump has no understanding or respect for American democracy, as he continues to insist that his office invests him with the authority to interfere with a  Department of Justice investigation.

The Boy-Charlatan works his usual both-sides-of-the-mouth waffle, professing undying belief in the importance of a free, fact-based media, while doing everything he can to undermine it. In The Atlantic, Adrienne La France exposes Zuckerberg’s hypocrisy.