Category Archives: Corruption

SCOTUS apoplexy for a couple of days. Then what?

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Naomi

Let us count the ways SCOTUS has, in the past couple of years, roused a majority of us citizens to a towering rage. Let us also count the groups of enraged citizens. Let us, but first… A few days ago … Continue reading →

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How and why I read the New Yorker

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Naomi

I’m always a few issues behind in my New Yorker reading, primarily because there’s so much in there. Theoretically, everything in the New Yorker could hook me. Brilliant long journalism can cause a reader to loose track of anything but … Continue reading →

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“…unpleasant and not very attractive…” Oh, really?

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: “Among the very rich is a higher percentage of unpleasant and not very attractive people,” said the president of Bard College, defending his attempts to raise funds from Jeffrey Epstein. A good assessment, Leon Botstein, aforementioned … Continue reading →

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