Archives
Blogroll
- Amazon
- Barns
- Citibike stations
- Ephemeral NY
- Glimmerglass Opera Festival
- Glyndebourne Festival (England)
- Gothamist
- Harlem Bespoke
- Ivy Style
- Joseph Urban Collection at Columbia University in the City of New York
- Kurt Weill Foundation
- La Fenice Venice
- Lincoln Center Summer Festival
- Mayflower Society
- Metropolitan Opera
- Monteverdi Choir
- Municipal Arts Society
- Museum of the City of New York
- National Jazz Museum in Harlem (Smithsonian)
- National Women's Rights Historical Park at Seneca Falls, NY
- Opera America
- Oratorio Society of New York
- Patel and Waterman's History of NY
- Ted Talks
- Tenement Museum blog
- The (Manchester) Guardian
- Walking holidays in England
- Wiener Staatsoper
- Yale Art Gallery
Category Archives: Uncategorized
JEANINE PIRRO HAS A BOUNDARY PROBLEM
I don’t know what to call this creature; like all of Fox “News,” she’s got nothing to do with actual journalism. How about calling her a pro-Fascist talking head and provocateur? One of the most startling things contained in the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
TRUMP WAS NEVER SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, OR MEDICAID
Chris Hayes two nights ago showed a clip of Trump on the campaign trail claiming to support Medicare while insisting that it was riddled with “fraud, abuse and waste.” Which it is not. Thus setting up a bogus rationale for … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
WHY ISN’T JONES ATTACKING MOORE ON POLICY?
How is opposing Medicaid expansion benefiting the people of Alabama?
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
FLAKE IS A HUGE FAKE
Sen. Flake advocates a $25 billion cut to Medicare while assuring voters that it won’t happen.
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
REP. RUSSELL ENDORSES DICTATORSHIP
When he ran for office, why didn’t Steve Russell tell Oklahoma’s voters that he didn’t believe in democracy? Russell complains that Mueller “isn’t being favorable” to Herr Trump. That, in Russell’s twisted mind and morality, is a problem: Mueller errs … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
AS BEL-AIR BURNS
Will the mega-rich fanatic climate-change deniers wake up to the fact that their fortunes can only go so far in protecting them from the ravages of climate disruption? Can anything bring Trump, the Kochs and the Mercers to their senses?
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
BRILLIANT STATEMENT BY NYC REP. NADLER
At yesterday’s House Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing with FBI head Wray, Nadler confronted head on what the Republicans are doing, predicting “that these attacks on the FBI will grow louder and more brazen as the special counsel does his work, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
NO MORE MILKY WAYS, PLEASE
It’s time to boycott the Mars Candy empire, since the Mars family is adamant that its 78 billion fortune not be subject to estate tax but simply gifted– no questions asked, no societal obligations heeded– to its next generation of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
WHAT THE GOP IS DOING AGAINST THE FBI
is straight out of the Joseph McCarthy playbook. Good segment on Chris Hayes tonight on “The Plot to Stop Mueller.”
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
NATURALLY
the GOP tax bills wants us to remain hooked on the most filthy energy sources, while cutting out incentives for solar and wind. In the NYT, Brad Plumer and Jim Tankersely assess the regressive thinking,
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment