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☆ A Poet Who Withholds Blessings, and Makes It Impossible to Look Away
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Daisy Fried | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

SO WHAT: Poems, by Frederick SeidelFrederick Seidel’s best poems balance on a razor’s edge between diagnosing what’s wrong and being in the wrong. But Seidel is among our best contemporary poets, and has continued writing, well into his ninth decade, handsomely and in parody of handsome writing. We need poets’ blessings, but Seidel’s work has never been the place to find them. Instead, he offers something else we also need: poems that won’t let us look away. To submit to a Seidel poem is to encounter constantly shifting attentions and visionary leaps, even if they don’t always stick the landing.

Persons: Frederick Seidel Frederick Seidel’s, Seidel, won’t, Whitman, Lucille Clifton, Leonard Cohen Locations: “, America

☆ Election Updates: As the V.P. race heats up, Tim Scott will hold a fund-raiser with Trump-resistant donors.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Michael C. Bender | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

“You know, I’m a fan of his father,” Mr. Schlossberg says, as Jimmy. Mr. Schlossberg has long been in Mr. Biden’s corner. The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to questions of whether Mr. Schlossberg’s video barrage had been coordinated with the campaign. At minimum, Mr. Schlossberg, who has hinted in the past that he has his eye on elected office, has demonstrated a willingness to take comedic risks. Whatever his flaws, and however reliant he may be on hackneyed stereotypes, Mr. Schlossberg is plainly a committed performer.

Persons: John F, Kennedy, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Jack Schlossberg, ”, Donald J, Ben Affleck, ” Mr, Schlossberg, Jimmy, Wade, Anthony, Mr, “, Caroline Kennedy, Solomon, Matthew Abbott, Joshua, Camelot, John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, Biden, Jim Wilson, —, — “ Organizations: Trump, Kennedys, The New York Times, New York Jewish, Federal Reserve, Convention, Mr, Democratic, Ivy League, New York Times Locations: America’s, Russian, Massachusetts, China, Russia, New, England, Biden’s, Australia, New York City

Some students wore kaffiyehs, the traditional Palestinian scarf, while others wore Jewish skullcaps. They distributed handmade Haggadahs — prayer books for the Passover holiday — and read prayers in Hebrew, keeping to the traditional order. But there were also there were changes and additions, like a watermelon on the Seder plate to represent the flag of Palestine. There were repeated references to the suffering of the Palestinian people and the need to ensure their liberation. There was grape juice instead of wine to respect the alcohol-free encampment, which was started last Wednesday and, despite a police crackdown last week, was stretching into its sixth day.

Organizations: Columbia Locations: Palestine

☆ Ivor Robson, Golf’s Celebrated Voice at the British Open, Dies at 83
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Richard Sandomir | More About Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At the British Open, a Scotsman named Ivor Robson became one of the most distinctive and revered voices in golf by saying little. Called a starter, he stood at a lectern near the first tee at each round of that major championship, where his job was simple: to introduce each player. “On the tee, from U.S.A., Jack Nicklaus,” he would say in his slightly high-pitched, singsong brogue. He did not eat or drink anything before he took his position or for the next nine or 10 hours. Nor would he take a bathroom break, at a “comfort station,” even if he had time between introductions.

Persons: Ivor Robson, “, Jack Nicklaus, ”, singsong, Rory McIlroy, didn’t Organizations: Scotsman Locations: U.S.A, Northern Ireland

☆ DeSantis campaign tells nervous donors in leaked audio that voters will care more about a recession and Biden's age than the governor's anti-abortion record
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Leaked audio from FloridaPolitics.com revealed that donors were concerned about DeSantis' abortion ban. The DeSantis campaign shared talking points with fundraisers over how to discuss the issue. Ron DeSantis campaign strategy as he kicks off his early state voting tour next week. Toward the end of the conversation, however, he acknowledged, "I totally understand how difficult that is when you're talking to a pro-choice donor." "I don't think if you're talking to a pro-choice voter you skip over it," he said.

☆ Taunted for being Black, a student fought back, civil rights complaint says. The 30-second fight derailed her life.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Mike Hixenbaugh | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +18 min

The threat didn’t seem to dissuade the boy who told Autumn he runs her block, she said. A moment later, Autumn said, one of the boys said the first syllable of the N-word, and the other student said the rest. “She is a breath of fresh air,” JaQuatta told them. Autumn told Medley it was becoming harder to keep up the facade. Mary Pegues, a former Slaton school board member and longtime teacher’s aide in a neighboring district, was furious when she saw the clip.

☆ Home cheat home: How real-estate agents are ripping off homebuyers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

The other day, Linda, the real-estate agent whom my wife and I used to buy our home, called me out of the blue. Real-estate agents, like doctors, are the friendly, knowledgeable face of a bewildering, price-gouging system. If Americans paid the same rate as the British, they would save more than $72 billion a year in real-estate commissions. The potential for big money, in turn, has led more and more Americans to become real-estate agents. Every dollar that is paid out in a real-estate transaction — to sellers, agents, inspectors, insurers, and the IRS — comes from you, the buyer.

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