There are two interesting articles about money in today's NY Post. To no one's surprise, the most ever spent on a midterm election occurred in 2018. Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife donated $113 million to Republicans. Former NYC nanny mayor Michael Bloomberg gave $61.3 to Democrats. He really got bang for his bucks on House races, where 21 of the 23 candidates he backed won. Still, I think that dough could have been put to far better use. I've never donated to a politician, and I doubt I ever will. Most are slime... Colleges are profiting big time from application fees. UCLA earned $5.6 million from the 79,000 applicants it rejected in 2016. Columbia and NYU reeled in $3.9 million each. Fordham attracted a measly half-million-plus. What a racket.
"The Game" - Harvard-Yale - was played yesterday. It's no longer a national event, as the Ivy League hasn't been in the upper echelon of NCAA football for decades. It's of interest largely to students and alumni, who make a big day of it. This year's contest has made headlines due to an incident involving a Crimson sophomore RB. On his way to a 27-yard score, he gave the finger to the Elis' defense. Kudos to the official who flagged him for Unsportsmanlike Conduct. Harvard then had to settle for a FG. Its head coach said: "He was wrong. It's that simple. It was the right call; he was wrong..." Harvard won 45-27, despite the classless gaffe, but Yale leads the series 67-60. There were eight ties back in the day before OT was instituted.
Things worked out well for the floating book shop today in Park Slope. The lack of wind made it a pleasant stay despite a complete absence of sunshine. My thanks to the three gentlemen who bought nine DVD's between them, and to the young woman who purchased Tom Clancy's massive Executive Orders, Isaac Asimov's Foundation's Edge, and two paperback sci-fi novels.
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