There are a lot of interesting items, plenty of food for thought, in today's NY Post. Here are highlights: From its editorial page -- Leftist organization Moveon.org, which was founded to fight the impeachment of Bill Clinton, has endorsed Bernie Sanders for president, saying Hillary is too cozy with Wall Street... June Gunlock goes after government nannies in her article, citing that the World Health Organization, after years of endorsing a glass of red wine per day, now states that it's bad. And the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (how so like government to have a bloated title for a totally unnecessary department) now says eggs are okay... Retired Colonel Ralph Peters laments a new tactic of ISIS, "Tourist Cleansing," attacks on the softest of targets in order to discourage travel, which harms economies... Jacob Sullum devotes his piece to the guns issue and states that in all of the recent headline grabbing mass shootings the weapons were purchased legally, which means whoever bought them passed a background check... In Jonathan Podhoretz's review of the President's final State of the Union address, he chastises Obama for taking credit for the current price of oil, which is low in part because the Saudis' wish, by flooding the market, to hamper a nuclear Iran's cash flow.
RIP MLB Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, 96, one of the first blacks to play in the majors. He was already 30 by the time he got his chance, and he made the most of it. In 1951, the year of the Miracle of Coogan's Bluff, which culminated with Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard Round the World, capping a comeback from a 13 1/2 games August deficit, Irvin drove in 121 runs, leading the NL. That year he was a mentor to Willie Mays, a 21-year-old rookie. He also helped lead the Giants to the 1954 World Championship. In nine years, he had a batting average of .293 and slugged 99 HR's. Like Jackie Robinson, he is not in the Hall of Fame because of his stats but because of the social impact he had on the game. Well done, sir.
It was too cold and windy for the floating book shop today. I spent the late morning finishing the assembly of my new computer work station. I'm not very good at such tasks. I took me more than two hours over four days to get it done, and I still messed up. I chuckled when I saw a note on the instructions that said the chore would take 30 minutes. The instructions, of course, were not thorough. It would have helped to have a sticker designating each part. The side walls looked exactly the same and I, of course, reversed them. I resisted the temptation to take it apart, but I feared the holes would no longer hold the screws securely, so I'll live with it. It looks better than my pale old station and affords neater storage.
I also looked over the second proof copy of my latest book. Of the 101 errors that needed addressing, all but two were corrected. One involves spacing, which may simply be a program quirk, and the other is an omitted word (it). How I neglected to insert it I'll never know. There is also an error in the Table of Contents, the page designation for the final piece off by one. Since I would have to go through the entire process again, I will let them go. I just hope I haven't missed any other mistakes.
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