Alec Baldwin is in trouble again. Yesterday he was arrested in Manhattan for riding his bike against the flow of traffic. Typically, he sent out several tweets. I found this one most interesting: “New York City is a mishandled carnival of stupidity that is desperate for revenue and anxious to criminalize behavior once thought benign.” This is excellently stated. I agree with it, but aren’t the liberal policies Baldwin supports the driving force behind the desperation for revenue? How delicious is a plate of irony.
Michael Goodwin made some good points in his op-ed piece in today’s NY Post. He is amused that Donald Sterling is having trouble finding a lawyer, as firms who have no qualms representing murderers, terrorists and ponzi-schemers think he is too toxic. He also cites the success of radicals who have road-blocked speakers at colleges: Condoleeza Rice at Rutgers; Christine Lagarde, the first female to head the International Monetary Fund, deemed a member of the patriarchy holding women back, who was to speak at Smith; and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, whose stand against Islam’s treatment of women has elicited death threats from Al Qaeda, has had an honorary degree rescinded by Brandeis. Meanwhile, Harvard is allowing students to conduct a black mass, although the hierarchy has found enough backbone to have it moved off-campus.
Last night on the season finale of Marvels Agents of Shield, Samuel L. Jackson reprised his film role of Nick Fury. How refreshing that such an established movie star is humble enough to appear in a guest shot on a TV series. Kudos also to the ubiquitous Bill Paxton, who appeared in the last seven episodes. The show has been only so-so, the dialogue too clever, the lighting weird. Maybe the dark shades hearken to the comics somehow. I just don’t get it. If the show is not renewed for a second season, its most interesting storyline will not be resolved: the origins of Skye and the question of whether evil is innate or learned.
My thanks to the kind folks who bought books today.
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