Finally, I finished with Vaughn and so had to turn to Dersh.
"And what is your name?" I said, pretending. Steam started coming out of his ears.
"Can you spell that?"
"Again?"
He was so furious. I just had to do one more.
"And what do you do for a living?"
End
The ultimate reporting nightmare is someone laying this on you, mid-interview: “He told me the next day that he was scheduled to have a long phone call with the New Yorker writer Connie Bruck, who was nearing the end of a yearlong investigative profile."
Mo Vaughn and I talked for awhile about a really great thing he was doing in the Boston schools. The whole time, Dersh stood there, obviously wanting to say something to get in next day's Herald. /4
I walked up to him, and standing next to him was, unmistakably, Alan Dershowitz. He looked at me as if I was going to interview him. Instead, I started interviewing Mo Vaughn. /3
I was on the desk one Saturday night when they sent me to one of those celebrity gala things. There were beautiful people in shimmery dresses and tuxes. I looked around decided to interview Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn. /2
When author Beverly Cleary was born, Woodrow Wilson was president and women couldn’t vote. At 104, she’ll see Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris inaugurated.
Alan Dershowitz recounts the time he took his 8yo granddaughter for an overnight at Jeffrey Epstein's house sometime between 1998-2000.
At least he said so in his deposition, under penalty of perjury.... p.26, sub 278
@AmesCG
A classmate was shaken when he scored one point above passing on the MPRE.
“Are you kidding?” I said. “That’s the best possible score. It means you studied exactly as much as you needed to and not any further.”
WATCH--
@chrislhayes
: Biden’s mentality of, “I’ve got to finish the job” is like the star pitcher who doesn’t want to be taken out of the game.
It's an "honest articulation of where all this motivation is coming from, even if he's not correct about his own political prospects."
@AstroShanna
@KevinMKruse
He so deserved it. You should've been there when I was interviewing Vaughn. Dersh was, like, of course you're going to interview me next.
@theglipper
Wrong answer. These are not normal times and no one else in his party will do the right thing. He will suffer enormous consequences for doing this. He's a brave man and deserves praise.
@JimLaPorta
@WAMC_J_Paleo
@60Minutes
Hugh Thompson, who stopped the Mai Lai massacre by holding a gun in American soldiers, is a great American hero and should get a Medal of Honor posthumously.
BREAKING: Mississippi Flag commission selects the ‘magnolia flag’ as the final state flag design. It will be on the ballot November 3rd to be voted on by the public.
@16WAPTNews
My gr gr gr grandfather's portrait hangs in my living room, looking me in the eye every day, asking me what the hell I think I'm doing.
He was Judge Joseph Galloway Rowland, and in that name hangs a tale of Quakers, slavery, Princeton, the Civil War, and lawyering. /1
@nahaltoosi
@BayouWaarom
"A senior European diplomat described dealing with State today as the deafening sound of U.S. diplomats running for cover, unable to explain to allies and partners why this is happening, still less what happens next."
@heyitsalexsu
Awhile ago, I came across an old email my biglaw partner sent me, asking me a defamation question. Back in the day, I’d have answered with an eight page memo with cites. Cost, about $35,000.
Today, I’d likely tell the client the answer over the phone and not bother billing.
@5thCircAppeals
One thing Judge Young (D-Mass.) does that I've always admired is he summarizes the losing side's case sympathetically, so he shows he understands their situation. That goes a long way toward justice.
On the top, the inscription says: "Seven hours for law, seven hours for sleep, Ten to the world allot, and all to God."
He had no associates yet worked only seven hours a day
and was highly successful. Good thing we've made so much progress since then. /end
Today is my last day of Whole30. It's been an amazing experience. Relearned how to eat, found huge energy, and I now fit in all my clothes. Thanks,
@HanksKendyl
for the inspiration.
My favorite Larry King fact:
“I like my toast burnt. I was eating in a French restaurant in New York. I ordered a cheese omelet. So I said, 'I want it burnt. A lot of cheese, and burn it.' The chef came out and said, 'Who ordered this?' I raised my hand. He said, 'You! Leave!' "
Gutted to learn my dear friend and
@CornellLaw
classmate Sanjay Beri has died of Covid symptoms. The funeral will be Feb 5, and Ti would love anyone to join who can:
MIT study finds PPP program saved 2.31 million jobs at a cost of $224K a head.
Unemployment would've cost only $9,600 a head. The number 1 reason this was a flop was that the $500 billion was not targeted at the hardest-hit businesses.
@MollyJongFast
@mommylawyer1
Too bad US reporters rely on Trump for news. Der Spiegel reports that G7 leaders completely rejected Trump's push for Putin.