In Barclay v. Barclay, illustrious family splits over sale of London’s Ritz hotel

Hospitals are on the brink of collapse, cemeteries are burying people in mass graves, and still, we refuse to take this virus seriously.

Quarantining with a 2-year-old is a draining job. On top of that, my husband and I are both still working remotely — he is a tax inspector for city hall — even as we cook and clean and disinfect the doorknobs. Day after day, we try to stay strong. But while many of us are making sacrifices, there are others who couldn’t care less.

The next best thing to having good ideas is recognizing good ideas from your users. Sometimes the latter is better.

The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.

if we take a look at the elevation maps
of each race we can see clearly that
Boston is just built different and in
the minds of many around the world this
hilly course will present kipshoge with
one of the biggest challenges of his
career so far

This explains the importance of “exceptionalism” to most Americans.

 

It has become obligatory. To be taken seriously in American politics, one must kneel before the altar of “American exceptionalism”—the messianic notion that the United States is a constant source for good in the world with a unique mission to spread its particular values.

Tyler Cowen commented to David Wolpe about how social media strips away context:

I think that Judaism has the same problem that any thick civilization has in a world in which, as you say, context is stripped away. And not only is context stripped away, but attention to any one thing is canter and less than it used to be. So, for example, a lot of Jewish commentary is based on your recognizing the reference that I make. Who recognizes references anymore? Because people don’t spend years studying books.