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HL 135 – The New York Times’ “Prognosis Negative” Column
The New York Times’ April 13 headline, reading much like one in Rupert’s New York Post, screamed “Bond Girl Talk and Groping: Albany’s Toxic Culture for Women.” It featured numerous claims of survivorhood by New York State Senator Julia Salazar, the self-anointed...
HL 134 – The Amazon Unionization Vote in Alabama Spotlights A Teachable And Actionable Moment
Last week Amazon workers at the Bessemer, Alabama facility overwhelmingly voted against unionization. Implicitly, the workers registered more faith in their employer to continue raising wages and improving benefits and Amazon’s much criticized work environment. The...
HL 133- Xi Jinping and Ted Cruz Agree on Antitrust Policy
Ted Cruz called for legislation ending Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption the same week that China’s oxymoronic competition authority fined Alibaba $2.8 billion, citing the e-commerce giant for violations of China’s antitrust gufflaw. Though the United...
HL 132 – Cy Vance – Yer So Bad
While trying to concentrate on “8 Candidates Compete for a Job That May Involve Prosecuting Trump” the New York Times 3/25/2021 cursory review of those seeking to replace Cyrus Vance Jr. as New York County District Attorney[1] - Tom Petty’s “Yer So Bad” flooded my...
HL 131 – For Wedding Kisses It May Be Time For Another Doug Ginsburg Moment
When those involuntarily kissed on the cheek at a wedding (between chin and cheekbone) became “survivors” as happened at the recent “March to Impeach Cuomo and #TaxTheRich” rally in Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park, it may be time for a Doug Ginsburg...
HL 130 – What a Difference Two Weeks Make – Time To Ditch The Filibuster
Another classic liberal friend of ours (see HL 129) shared yet another back and forth they’d had with a friend from Oklahoma “where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain.”[1] Our friend had been startled that 92 percent of those recently surveyed in Boise City,...