Aaron W. Gordon

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I have recently instituted a rule where I no longer take seriously anyone whose profession is to commentate on politics *and* sports. Automatic disqualification. It is a rule I should have instituted for myself a decade ago but better late than never.

If for no other reason, turn out to vote to spite the “men who have never done anything but sniff their own farts” club.

One benefit of living on the Upper West Side is the constant stream of idiotic tourists you're exposed to for entertainment purposes. Like the Australian lady who angrily sent back her breakfast because she was unfamiliar with challah and mistook it for poorly baked sourdough.

Here it is: My Official NYC Non-Fiction Book Starter Pack. Regale me with your misgivings and disagreements! Or just subscribe to my non-fiction book review newsletter, either is fine. buttondown.email/Booktime/arc...

Book Time #12: NYC Starter Packbuttondown.email Hey everyone, After talking about it for almost a year, it is finally here: The NYC Starter Pack! This is a special edition of Book Time for me personally....

Guess I'm one of the only people who saw Evil Does Not Exist and came away unimpressed.

Public opinion has shifted pretty rapidly against the Supreme Court's impartiality in just two years (I wonder why!). Another term or two of this and major reforms to the court could well prove an incredibly popular electoral plank. apnews.com/article/supr...

7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC pollapnews.com Only about 3 in 10 U.S. adults think justices are more likely to provide an independent check on other branches of government by being fair and impartial, poll shows.

After ten years you'd think professional political analysts would have internalized that If Only The Democrats Did Something Different Trump Would Be Neutralized is now a disproven hypothesis. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/o...

Opinion | Jim Clyburn Is Right About What Democrats Should Do Nextwww.nytimes.com To find a new nominee, Democrats need to hold a real contest.

The 8th Ave sidewalk expansions have been some of the best streetscape improvements of his administration and an obvious win for all involved so of course he's opposed to doing more of it.

"The roadway once carried between four and six lanes for motor vehicles, despite 88 percent of people in the area traveling on foot and squeezing into 30 percent of the space." And now Adams wants to give it back to cars?

Mayor Adams May Nix Sidewalk Expansions on Bustling Eighth Ave. - Streetsblog New York Citynyc.streetsblog.org Mayor Eric Adams cast doubt on years of city efforts to give pedestrians more space to walk on overcrowded Eighth Avenue.

THE BOTTOM OF THE TIRE IS PART OF THE BICYCLE CAPTCHA

I am not pointing this out to excuse anything. But the way news editors think about the news is whether it is...well, new. Comparing volume of coverage of Biden's debate performance to Project 2025 wouldn't make sense to a news editor, because one just happened and the other was revealed a year ago.

One thing my in-laws' family, who emigrated here from England, always remark about U.S. schools is how they teach kids to have an opinion or to speak up or say something, with no regard to the actual veracity or logic of what they say or write. And it's so reflective of our society in general.

If you paid attention to Trump's side of the debate, he had the same underlying problem Biden did, where over and over he would start a sentence and realize he couldn't say or remember the words that would come next, but where Biden stalled out, Trump just switched to blurting something unrelated

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