Still more good news in the election aftermath

From the Free Press: A group of alumni and former professors of Columbia University warn in a new report that the university could stand to lose up to $3.5 billion a year—or up to 55 percent of the university’s annual operating budget—if Columbia doesn’t start cracking down on campus rule-breaking.  No argument there, but this stuck inContinue reading “Still more good news in the election aftermath”

The good news in the election’s aftermath continues

From Fox News: “No Trump bump: MSNBC hemorrhaging viewers since Election Day, sheds more than half of primetime audience. ‘It’s a stale product no one will want to listen to going forward,’ Curtis Houck says MSNBC host Joy Reid discussed how White women were failing to come out in support for Vice President Kamala HarrisContinue reading “The good news in the election’s aftermath continues”

The sad decline of St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan

Paralleling the decline of Episcopal Church. St Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, where your Tatler was a parishioner long ago, used to be one of the richest parishes in the US. Now it is going broke. Attendance is way down, 36% since 2019, and still declining. Donations are down as well and its once substantial endowmentContinue reading “The sad decline of St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan”

Rediscovering a recording classic

E. Power Biggs, Gregg Smith Singers, The Edward Tarr Brass, Texas Boys Choir, The Gabrielli Consort La Fenice, Vittorio Negri, Conductor This remarkable recording was released way back in 1968 and was recorded in the Basilica of San Marco in Venice. It was the pet project of E. Power Biggs, who along with producer JohnContinue reading “Rediscovering a recording classic”

How much do they despise America? Read below.

From the journal of the monied radical left, Salon: American society was founded on white settler colonialism, genocide and slavery. This unresolved birth defect at the foundation of the American democratic experiment meant that the country was racially exclusionary by design, from the founding well into the 20th century [Italics added]. At present, American politics is contouredContinue reading “How much do they despise America? Read below.”

They don’t scare us anymore.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James, soon after Donald Trump’s smashing victory, announced she would continue her efforts to collect the $454 million civil fraud judgment against Trump for allegedly inflating his worth so to receive better terms on a loan he was seeking. Time was, up to–let’s say around midnight this past Tuesday–mostContinue reading “They don’t scare us anymore.”