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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,...
HL 129 – New York Voters Send a Message to New York Democratic Pols About Andrew Cuomo
There’s 538 and then there is my friend, a classic liberal who last week – well before release of the recent Siena Poll showing broad public/voter support for Andrew Cuomo – had the following back and forth by text with a Congressperson of their acquaintance: Classic...
HL 128 – Classic Liberals Hear A Who
Unless your attention and hearing are as acute as Horton’s you probably missed it. Katy Tur’s MSNBC LIVE assurance that we are not to worry that Dr. Seuss had been banned or cancelled. Not so says Ms. Tur, because she had read one of Mr. Geisel’s not disappeared...
HL 127 – Jamie Raskin – David Remnick – Tommy Raskin – Three Utilitarians
The greatest good for the greatest number, J. Bentham’s formula, further developed by J.S. Mill, was the core of a once in a lifetime interview of Congressman Jamie Raskin by David Remnick of The New Yorker. Only 18 minutes, here it is. Going in, the listener...







