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Wunderbar
Yesterday’s post on stage musicals vs. movie musicals led somehow to me watching video after video on YouTube with great pleasure, and one of the greatest of those pleasures was to learn that Patricia Morison is still alive and kicking … Continue reading →
Saturday afternoon reflections
I’ve just posted a piece with a length of close to 2400 words. It occurs to me that that’s the equivalent of the term papers I used to write in school. And it also occurs to me—not for the first … Continue reading →
What’s the Flynn investigation all about? [Plus ABC’s “clarification”/correction]
There are several intertwined stories here that fit together to form a fascinating picture. So let’s try to untangle them, starting with the more trivial and leading to the most important.
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Continue reading →A little musical interlude
(But lest you think we’re getting away from the subject of workplace harassment—alas, we’re not. Not totally, anyway.) I was raised on Broadway musicals and their recordings, the lyrics of which I committed to memory, including the introductory patter. And … Continue reading →
Kate Steinle’s shooter is acquitted of murder and manslaughter
In a verdict that shocked a lot of people, a jury in San Francisco has acquitted Kate Steinle’s shooter of both murder and manslaughter. The only thing they found five-times-deported and five-times-returned illegal immigrant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate guilty of … Continue reading →
The Flynn plea
Andrew C. McCarthy has this to say about the Flynn plea in the Mueller investigation: …[W]hen a prosecutor has a cooperator who was an accomplice in a major criminal scheme, the cooperator is made to plead guilty to the scheme. … Continue reading →
I don’t feel like counting…
…but how many of today’s stories featured at memeorandum deal with sex by public figures? Many; very very many. It’s a bit like the summer of the shark, prior to 9/11. And the bulk of the rest of the stories … Continue reading →
Honor/shame versus guilt; obedience to authority
The Today show has never been part of my life. I’m most definitely not a morning person. And I’m not a TV news person either. So although I was familiar with the name “Matt Lauer,” he’s not only not been … Continue reading →
It’s Jewish Refugee Day
Today I noticed this at Legal Insurrection: Today Israel marks a national day to remember the departure and expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran. The commemorative day, which was designated by Israel’s legislative body three years ago, comes … Continue reading →
Clarification on the Lauer door lock
A little detail I wrote about yesterday was the remote-controlled door lock on Lauer’s office. I wrote: Why do I focus on that detail? Because it’s unusual: to the best of my knowledge, it’s highly uncommon to install a button … Continue reading →