I think I’d like some Schadenfreude Pie. What’s the occasion for my hunger for such a dark and dangerous pie? This lovely news story. Bill-O losing advertisers, Fox losing revenue. Couldn’t happen to a nicer organization. O’Reilly and Fox have had to pay out $13M over the years to settle sexual harassment cases brought against …
The narrative about Democrats’ opposition to Judge Gorsuch’s appointment to the Supreme Court is simple: it’s payback for the Republicans’ refusal to even give President Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland a hearing last year on spurious grounds. “No SCOTUS appointments in the last year of a President’s term,” they shouted. For reasons I still don’t understand, …
If you haven’t heard Dave Frishberg play piano, you’re missing a treat. He began as an accompanist but started singing his own compositions in the Sixties. He wrote this song for a friend. “A friend of mine in Minneapolis invited me to perform at a big party celebrating his 25th year as a lawyer,” he …