Joe Mysak

Nobody asked me, but the news seems too US-focused. Last week there was a story about the condition of the Chinese army, and it was must-read.

Do you own Judge Jeanine? Admit it.

We teach children right and wrong. We don't teach them that they can somehow decide for themselves the results of elections past. You imbeciles.

I just chatted with someone who is writing a municipal bond novel. I told them they could use the title, ``Yield to Maturity,'' which I teased for several years back there.

Joan Didion's Notes to John is heartbreaking and compelling. Rarely if ever do readers get such insights into the lives of their favorite authors. Pete Hamill used to divide it up into the public life, the private life, and the secret life. This is the secret life.

This new Joan Didion makes for sad reading. It is gripping yet tedious. Was she a distant, protective, or controlling parent? Yes.

If my response is `You do WHAT ?' or `You're making that up,' then what you're doing is probably either fraudulent or a waste of time.

RT @TedMerz: It's wild how in the anarchy that is New York City everyone abides by a tiny sign in Bryant Park that says, effectively: "Stay…

At 4 AM on Saturday, the BQE is in full roar, or full hum, or whatever you want to call it.

This CJR episode is a little harrowing.

RT @nybooks: “I Am Charlotte Simmons, which many people believe to be Tom Wolfe’s crudest and most offensive book, played an important part…

Have the rating agencies put all the big schools on watch?

Who now reads James Agee? Going through some of his movie reviews and journalism, I can't help but think: Is that it?

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One of the lessons to be learned from 2025 is that appearances on business cable tv don't equate to being smart or wise.

That is: bureaucratic heartache. And I ain't kidding. With that little Jr. suffix you condemn your darling lad to a life of unceasing legal regret. Think.

I am insufficiently called upon to give advice. But to all the expectant parents: Do not, under any circumstances, on their legal birth certificate, make your son a Junior. Honor, pride, and joy cannot possibly trump the lifetime, cradle-to-grave bureacractic heartache.