Terry Golway

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Surprised by winter? Blame it on the wall calendar that you no longer have.

Trump is destroying America; he must be stopped (RNS) — At the ballot booth and in the streets, we must show that nonviolent collective action is still alive in America. What is at stake is the soul of our nation.

The Rev. Tom Reese, S.J., says what any true moral leader ought to be saying -- if only so many of them weren't odious hypocrites (the name Franklin Graham comes instantly to mind).

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In the mood for a new newsletter? Probably not. Still, this might be worth a try. Heck, it's free.

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MAGA world fuming because new NYC fire commissioner has never been a firefighter (although she is an EMS veteran, and EMS is part of the FDNY). Here are two other former NYC fire commissioners who never rushed into a burning building: Charles (Joe) Hynes and Nicholas Scoppetta. DEI for white men?

Tammany Hall: The Irish Political Machine in New York | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

Ooops. Wrong link to that Tammany podcast
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Ben Franklin's Forgotten Trip to Ireland | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

There was a time when immigrants were actually courted by politicians, and when the system helped those in need. And despite what you've been told, Tammany Hall -- yes, Tammany Hall -- was a part of that story. This podcast is worth a listen.

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Opinion | ‘The American Revolution’ Is Not Woke. It’s Magnificent. Don’t be shocked: There were Black people and Native Americans during the colonial era.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The American Revolution,” Ken Burns’s new docuseries, “is intelligently self-critical history of a kind most people worldwide are deprived of,” John McWhorter writes. “Showing us what the era entailed for all different kinds of early Americans isn’t woke; it’s accurate.”

Evacuation Day, New York City's Forgotten November Holiday - Untapped New York Forget Thanksgiving; in post-Revolution New York City, the biggest November celebration was Evacuation Day. Observed on November 25th, this early American holiday marked the date on which the last Bri...

Happy Evacuation Day to all New Yorkers who celebrate. (Y'all should.)

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Britain's Neville Chamberlain allowed Germany's Hitler to annex Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland in 1938 -- without consulting Czechoslovakia. Chamberlain said the agreement would lead to "peace in our time." Trump thinks allowing Russia to annex eastern Ukraine will lead to a peace prize in his time.

At 97, the Bard of Albany Still Spins Tales of Gangsters and Politicians

William Kennedy, still exploring the American landscape and psyche at age 97. A role model for those of us who work with words (we, the few, the proud).

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Why is it acceptable for the president to use taxpayer money to fly overseas and cut a ribbon at his own golf course?

Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

Zohran Mamdani is not the first NYC mayoral candidate whose citizenship has been questioned. W.R. Grace (founder of the firm) was an Irish-Catholic immigrant elected in 1880 despite slanderous attacks on his religion and his status as a citizen. (He was lawfully naturalized, like Mamdani.)

The great William Kennedy is in the middle of a new novel -- at age 97. I dropped by to say hello recently and was grilled about New York state politics in the first quarter of the 20th Century. Well, I sense a plot line there. Bill is the better-dressed man in this photo. As always.

Florida Man v Canada: how the Stanley Cup final became a proxy war Edmonton face the Panthers in the NHL title showdown for the second season in a row. But there are plenty of talking points off the ice too

Florida Man v Canada: how the Stanley Cup final became a proxy war

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Lawrence: The power and the lesson for our politics in the Celtics’ loss to the Knicks MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell shares a very special last word about the lessons to be learned from the NBA Playoffs series between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks.

“What’s next?”
The motto of “The West Wing” became the motto of the Celtics after their crushing defeat last week. The Celtics & Knicks taught the country a beautiful lesson for our times about graceful winners and noble losers.

A story of the beautiful flowers of Misery Lane

Side profile shadow of Sherlock Holmes head with a pipe. Quote inside the head reads I’m not anti-social I’m anti-idiot. I don’t like crowds, makes for too much stupid in the room.

#SherlockHolmesDay #SherlockHolmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday 🎉