NY Times is reporting that AP has declared Pennsylvania for Biden and 273 EC Votes.

I think this is still a bit premature but here it is: Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been elected president of the United States, defeating President Trump by promising to restore civility and stability to American politics and vowing more aggressively to combat the surging coronavirus pandemic. Current Electoral Count…

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An Incalculable Loss

As many of you have probably seen or read, today’s New York Times has a partial list of Americans who have died after contracting COVID-19…under the headline: An Incalculable Loss. The national death toll is for all practical purposes at 100,000 now. For an interactive view of this loss and…

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Ten Years Ago per the New York Times

This past Sunday’s New York Times Business section was devoted to the economic collapse in the United States that occurred ten years ago. They covered ten points in the decline and fall of banking and Wall Street starting with the failure of Lehman Brothers… Here is item 10: and the…

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gloria Steinem and Style?

There is a marvelous article in today’s New York Times interviewing long time friends Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the face of American feminism and former editor of Ms. magazine, Gloria Steinem. I enjoyed reading it but felt it didn’t go anywhere near far enough in covering their…

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The End of Grayson or the End of Journalism….

Alan Grayson, a hero to the left, recently lost his re-election campaign and just finished up his term. He was recently the subject of an interview with the NY Times, the so called paper of record. While Congressman Grayson gave a very frank and (in my view) on the money…

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