Open thread 9/17/2024
IMHO the greatest interpreter of Chopin ever. In this clip, Horowitz’s wife – Toscanini’s daughter Wanda – seems rather annoyed:
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RIP Michaela DePrince
I was shocked and saddened to read yesterday of the extremely untimely death of ballet dancer Michaela DePrince. To compound the sorrow, her mother died a day later. It’s an incredible tragedy for the family and for Michaela’s sister Mia … Continue reading →
SCOTUS now leaks like a sieve
Now we have another reminder of how far this country has degenerated. The NY Times recently published this piece about recent SCOTUS deliberations concerning the Trump cases. From this Reason article by Volokh: First, this leak is far worse than … Continue reading →
The would-be Trump assassin
Ryan Routh, the guy who tried to assassinate Trump yesterday, seems like a Trump-hater (no surprise there) with a few screws loose (no surprise there either). Among other things, he’s very pro-Ukraine and has tried to somehow recruit soldiers to … Continue reading →
Update on Gerard’s book
The projected launch date for Gerard’s book of 46 essays – THE NAME IN THE STONE – is November 1. I’m about 95% sure everything will be in place by then. I’ll let you know the details of how to … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/16/2024
I’ve written about Clive Wearing before. He’s still alive now, at 86, although this documentary seems to have been made about twenty years ago:
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The suspect is in custody, and Trump is completely unharmed. You can read about it here.
Continue reading →This old house
I think this video is kind of fun. My observations follow: (1) My mother called the refrigerator the icebox for most or maybe even all of her life. (2) I have very strong memories of transom windows. In particular, they … Continue reading →
Kamala Harris gives a 10-minute interview
As Archie Bunker would say, whoop-de-doo. I didn’t watch all of it; just a couple of minutes. But here’s an analysis from Elizabeth Stauffer at Legal Insurrection: If Harris’s reply sounds familiar to you, it’s because we heard parts of … Continue reading →
Has anyone else noticed that Biden looks kind of happy, now that he’s mostly-retired?
I think his smile here looks unusually genuine. And his banter sounds more on-point than is customary: Some people are interpreting this exchange as evidence he’s trying to sabotage Kamala Harris and boost Trump. I don’t think so. But I … Continue reading →
Fact-checking Kamala
The debate moderators last Tuesday left Candy Crowley circa 2012 behind in a cloud of dust in terms of strategic “fact-checking.” Crowley protected Obama in a 2012 debate against Mitt Romney by giving a dramatic and false “fact-check” (I wrote … Continue reading →