A legal symposium on Bob Dylan and the Ruben “Hurricane” Carter case. The keys point for me were denial of due process and Scarlet Rivera's violin. Bob Dylan conference at Fordham | The Journal News | lohud.com www.lohud.com
One of my high school teachers told me that Hurricane was once pitching a sandlot baseball game back in Paterson NJ, when a player on his team dropped a fly ball, ruining Ruben’s no-hitter. He says that, then and there, he witnessed Ruben’s first knock-out.
We already have a Palin committing low comedy indiscretions, so why not a Terry Jones?
The man is serious deranged garbage wrapped in skin, but like stopping Nazis from marching in Skokie, banning the burning of the Koran is a slippery slope which leads inexorably to banning the burning of the Bible and then banning the burning of flags, and from there, the censorship of elephant dung art and blasphemous cartoons.
So while I can still say it, fuck you Harry Reid! "Free Speech Is A Great Idea, But …" – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
Huckabee's Gubernatorial records have been destroyed, but don't worry, they're coming back on Easter Sunday. Huckabee Hearts Secrecy | Mother Jones motherjones.com
Geoghegan to GOP: Defaults is not in the stars, or the constitution … Opinion: Dear GOP, default is unconstitutional – Thomas Geoghegan www.politico.com
Bailing out the banks was distasteful, but smart. As Frum notes "Had such a thing happened in 1931, the whole history of the world would have been different." TARP Profit Proves It Was the Right Call | FrumForum www.frumforum.com
The man was 51 years and lost re-election; within a year, he’s dead. And it appears his heart was broken, for real. Sad. Former U.S. Rep. John Adler has died | Politicker NJ www.politickernj.com
Second thoughts, anyone? Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and war crimes www.washingtonpost.com
Not for nuthin, but I ran this story in December. Incredible shrinking mayor: After 9 years of dominating N.Y. politics, Bloomberg's power receding www.nydailynews.com
Met Marty Markowitz on line today buying an Indian lunch on Remsen Street. He said that after 2013 is over, you won't be having him to kick around anymore. From a public policy perspective, I have mixed feelings about that, but as a writer in the field of political humor, I find this news devastating.