David Brooks on Edward Snowden, David Niven and finger bowls.
The NY Times’ David Brooks loved William Buckley and his finer bowls.
I will always remember the column that David Brooks of the NY Times wrote on the death of the creepy right-wing elitist William Buckley.
Brooks swooned over Buckley like a little groupie.
I don’t know if I can communicate the grandeur of his life or how overwhelming it was to be admitted into it. Buckley was not only a giant celebrity, he lived in a manner of the
Madigan is the skunk at lunch.
Popout.
Governor Squeezy has called the legislature back to Springfield next week.
He was ordered to do it by Wall Street. It’s not the Illinois Constitution that determines what public employee pensions look like. It is the bond rating firms. The same guys who gave the green light to Wall Street’s Ponzi schemes.
Governor Squeezy invited Senate President John Cullerton and House Boss Mike Madigan to lunch last week.
Popout.
Governor Squeezy has called the legislature back to Springfield next week.
He was ordered to do it by Wall Street. It’s not the Illinois Constitution that determines what public employee pensions look like. It is the bond rating firms. The same guys who gave the green light to Wall Street’s Ponzi schemes.
Governor Squeezy invited Senate President John Cullerton and House Boss Mike Madigan to lunch last week.
Governor Squeezy has called the legislature back to Springfield next week.
He was ordered to do it by Wall Street. It’s not the Illinois Constitution that determines what public employee pensions look like. It is the bond rating firms. The same guys who gave the green light to Wall Street’s Ponzi schemes.
Governor Squeezy invited Senate President John Cullerton and House Boss Mike Madigan to lunch last week.
Five year plans.
But I’m not cynical.
No, really.
It is just that over the thirty years that I taught I went through five five year plans.
There does appear to be a difference between the five five year plans in my old district and CPS Barbara Byrd-Bennett’s five year plan.
Given the recent history of CPS CEOs, Byrd-Bennett won’t be around in five years.
Ron Huberman and Jean Claude Brizard together barely made it to five.
Another difference is that our board and superintendents paid