The eagerly awaited list of the Top 100+ European Heritage Restaurants of 2019 is out, and our long- time friend Johan Bjorklund’s Beaune-based Le Bistro de L’Hotel is the #1 ranking French name on the distinguished roster. Debbie and I are at L’Hotel Beaune visiting with Johan as I write you. The #2 French name […]
Archives for October 2019
A Happy Coincidence in Paris at Hotel Le Bristol
The Inn at Little Washington was created by chef Patrick O’Connell. This three Michelin star restaurant is our favorite hotel/restaurant in North America. Hotel Le Bristol is easily the finest Palace Hotel in Paris. Our family friend of many years Leah Marshall is the managing director. Debbie and I ran into Patrick, with Leah, on […]
Who Says Retail Is Dead?
Nordstrom is defying “death of department stores” by opening a sleek behemoth in Midtown Manhattan, reports Steve Cuozzo in the New York Post. On Thursday, the largest free-standing store to open in Manhattan since Dwight Eisenhower was president makes its debut. The new Nordstrom at 225 W. 57th St., between Seventh Avenue and Broadway, is a […]
Greetings From The Inn at Little Washington
Greetings from the Inn at Little Washington.
Power Outages about to Get Even Worse in California
More Californians than ever are about to face the man-made disaster of an intentional power shutdown. As fires already blaze across the state, utility companies PG&E and California Edison are preparing for the biggest outages yet. Stuart Leavenworth and James Rainey report in the LA Times: PG&E, which has 5.4 million electric customers and provides […]
There are Two Ways to Avoid Investor Overkill
I wrote in March 1991: Listen to me and listen to me hard as I tell you that investors miss the boat over and over because (1) they insist on timing the market, (2) they insist on investing with emotion keyed to events of the moment, and (3) they steadfastly refuse to buy when news […]
Impeachment – a Political Remedy, Not a Legal One
Originally posted on October 21, 2019. If Trump’s missteps warrant an impeachable offense, why are Democrats not voting to conduct the impeachment inquiry? Why are they not proudly holding hearings in public with due process, rather than behind closed doors with selective leaking? In Andrew McCarthy’s book, Faithless Execution, he deals with the thesis that […]
Adam Schiff Makes Up Impeachment Rules as He Goes Along
Is Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to hold a vote on House floor to authorize an official impeachment inquiry to help vulnerable House members evade accountability? Not entirely, explains Kimberley Strassel in the WSJ. The Impeacher Lord High … there’s a more practical and uglier reason for Democrats to skip the formalities. Normally an authorization vote would […]
Titans of Industry Have Betrayed the National Interest
Originally posted on October 21, 2019. John Burtka writes at The Washington Post (abridged): The United States is at a crossroads. We live in a country where the titans of industry have betrayed the national interest in search of profits from a communist dictatorship. Companies that have prospered on account of the United States’ political […]
Why Can’t Americans Judge for Themselves?
House Republicans this week stormed the House Intelligence hearing room on Wednesday to demand an open impeachment process. The political theatre was more of a PR stunt than a protest. Impeaching 63 Million Voters? House Republicans are right, however, about the disgrace of this closed-door impeachment, the WSJ notes. This isn’t routine oversight of a […]
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