Monthly Archives: June 2010

This is pretty much my thinking. I doubt there’s anything to be done about it, but I don’t think it’s good for the country. We all suffer from a remarkable degree of impatience. We live in a world of sound … Continue reading →

73  page police report says Al Gore was whoring. It doesn’t change my opinion of the man, but those who once admired the Nobel Prize winner may have a different reaction.

After acknowledging Justice Ginsburg’s loss, the court bade farewell to Justice Stevens, and according to this story, reporters and lawyers, men and women alike, wore bow ties in his honor. That’s kind of cool.

Greenwich Time reports on changes school superintendent Sydney Freund has made in his first year. I’ve only heard the man once, but he struck me as a great boon to Greenwich, and I do believe he’ll bring our schools back … Continue reading →

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg’s husband died over the weekend. He seems to have been a remarkable man, who stood by and supported his wife in her own career since 1954. I may now live two doors down from Pal … Continue reading →

Brother Gideon points out the most recent sale of one of builder ALBERT  Orlando’s condos, this one at 108 E. Elm Street, for $4.7 million in just 67 days and suggests that the man has a genius for building what … Continue reading →

Geeze, I’ve got to get busy selling houses if I’m to get an iPad for Ma, one for myself and now a new iPhone. IPhone users – any point in paying for the extra memory? I seem to get along … Continue reading →

My pal Fudrucker does some commercial real estate as well as residential, and is just back from a meeting with some heavy hitters in that field – boy are they bummed. Word is, the bottom may be as far out … Continue reading →

Talk is that we’re gearing up to take on Iran. US and Israeli ships transited the Suez las week, we know there are Israeli subs stationed off Iran, Saudi Arabia has cleared its airspace for Israeli overflights and now Stratfor … Continue reading →

He claims that Maureen O’Hara is the most beautiful woman in the world. In fact, it is Sophia Loren.

We’re approaching $30,000,000. The high school itself was built for $20 million in 1971 dollars. I was never much of a musician and so can’t opine on the crappy original auditorium but my brother Anthony was, and is a gifted … Continue reading →

Apparently that’s per pension investing guidelines but as Business Insider notes, “there is no justice”.

I’d be interested to see an analysis of what the late Robert Byrd’s diversion of federal money to West Virginia accomplished. It’s still one of our poorest states, but would it be even poorer without the billions of dollars Byrd … Continue reading →

This article by Paul Rahe is very interesting. In 1932, thinking that there was no alternative, Lippmann voted for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But by 1937, when the shape of the Second New Deal had become clear, he had come to … Continue reading →

Will Argentina win the whole thing? Maybe. One of Katie’s (many) boyfriends, Fernando (? ) is Argentinian, and captained the GHS soccer team when he was here. (I think Kate captained the ski team that same year but I don’t … Continue reading →

I don’t wish ill for any American politician, even ex- Klansman Senator Byrd. But at 92, his incapacity or death would put another senate seat in play. Interesting.

From Pete comes this suggestion: Try the Pork Store, 359 Willet Ave. in Port Chester. Hot dogs links with the skin on . Buy 1, 8, 16 or as many as you want. Sold by the pound. Delicious. I will … Continue reading →

While some of the more exuberant marchers make me cringe, I  am delighted to live in a country that has become more tolerant in the past forty years. I’ve never understood the threat to civilization gays were perceived to present … Continue reading →

Verizon imposes $350 cancellation fee on Marine’s widow after he’s killed in Afghanistan In fairness, the company did back down, but only after the young widow went to the press. Corporations should be more responsive than this. (Courtesy of Walt, … Continue reading →