2. An Esquire exclusive report says that David Wildstein is now cooperating with the federal investigators in the Chris Christie/Port Authority bridge closing. Christie's big mouth may have sunk his own fate: Wouldn't you think if someone had the goods on you, it woud not be a good idea to paint him as a loser that wasn't worth your time? Wildstein may have the last laugh.
3. Mickey Rooney has died at the age of 93. He was one of the few remaining Hollywood stars who worked in the silent-film era. He made up in enthusiasm and pluck what he lacked in physical stature: He was 5'3" tall. He married 8 times (Ava Gardner being the first), fathered 9 or 12 children (depending on the source), was a marquee Hollywood star along with teenagers Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor, won five Oscar nominations, two Golden Globe awards and an Emmy, and was awarded a Bronze Star for his WWII radio broadcasts on the Armed Forces Network. His era of Andy Hardy boyhood had already passed, and now he has too.
4.. How about this New Yorker cover art as sweet revenge? 'OK, children. Time to take your medicine.'
Ralph
Of course, the answer in #1 is that money is not free speech, it is the means to expressing free speech. But here's the question there: are we guaranteed equal right to access, and if so it would require limiting money. So if we are not guaranteed free access, then why is it necessary to have no limits on access? I think the Roberts' decision is flawed in its logic.
ReplyDeleteOne quibble with the cartoon: It shows Mitch McConnell meekly opening up to take his spoonful of medicine. But in fact McConnell is still stomping his little feet and having a tantrum about how bad Obamacare is.
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