INTRODUCTION This is the 14th episode of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. Generally, these appear every Friday. The links to the first part and the most recent part are given below. Part 14 continues my discussion of Thurber’s The Middle-Aged Man…
Charles Krauthammer amazes me
I thought Charle was without scruple when it came to attacking President Obama. Well, I was wrong. Krautbammer has backed the Bergdahl deal when all the other attack dogs on the right were in full cry. Charlies surely didn’t have to do this, but he did. The K-Man has class! I’m impressed!
“As my paranoia deepened, I became convinced that I had died and no one was telling me”—Maureen Dowd
Freddie Hubbard and Johnny Griffin: “Well You Needn’t”
Freddie Hubbard Johnny Griffin at the Blue Note Mt.Fuji Jazz Festival in 1986. Posted by cminor7add9th All jazz videos here
Obama bad, Republicans good!
Yes, I am trying to drive traffic these days. Why do you ask? I can’t help beating up on the president, thanks to his new proclamation on “carbon pollution”—that is to say, pollution that is not pollution—because the new regs the president is pushing are intended to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide, which does…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. “Listen up, Walter! It’s the Future talking!” “Mr. Yin, meet Mr. Yang. There, I’ve done my job.” “See? He’s really sorry and he wants to make up.” “I know that if you shake hands you’ll both disappear. That’s kind of the deal.” “It’s not just a talking suit, Walter. It’s a talking…
James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide, Part 13
INTRODUCTION This is the 13th episode of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. Generally, these appear every Friday. The links to the first part and the most recent part are given below. Part 13 continues discussion of Thurber’s The Middle-Aged Man on…
Cyrille Aimée—“Well, You Needn’t”
Cyrille Aimée, with Adrien Moignard and Michael Valeanu, guitars, Sam Anning, bass, and Rajiv Jayaweera, drums. Smalls Jazz Club, June 11th of 2013. Posted by Cyrille All jazz videos here
John Kerry: Yes, I am beneath contempt and unworthy of high office. Why do you ask?
I guess John Kerry wants me to hate him. Here’s what our secretary of state has to say about Edward Snowden, the dude who exposed massive and ongoing illegal and unconstitutional spying by our government: ““Edward Snowden is a coward. He is a traitor. And he has betrayed his country. And if he wants to…
Larry Summers so very smart and Larry Summers not so very smart
Larry Summers, star-crossed former president of Harvard and, more recently, head of President Obama’s National Economic Council, has written an excellent review of Thomas Piketty’s endlessly reviewed (even by me) best seller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, praising Piketty for both his timing (publishing a massively researched book on inequality when the topic is all…