Le BHL flew into NY to appear in a cameo röle in 'Dreyfus in Rehearsal Again' with some remarks about the present sour state of things. I don't believe the United States has had a public intellectual, perhaps since Walter Lippmann. He appears markedly more frail since I saw him last in a U.N. meeting on Ukraine back in 2022.

 

What A.I. Did to My College Class By Theo Baker/ The New York Times Opinion

What A.I. Did to My College Class 

I am sorry I'm not able to join them (I'd be a spectacular tactical-grade rioter, field trained from the past, still fit, and too old to give a shit). As many have commented here already, the absence of support for the courageous Iranians from the usual Keffiah-twirling Gaza goons, and the cultural left 'antiizionists' is proof for what we already know.

 

Perhaps the most promising moment of the New Year. #FreeIran

 

Puccini still reigns at the house - the Metropolitan Opera with a splendid tribute on the centenary of his death

 

The audience of the Metropolitan Opera standing for the Ukraine 🇺🇦 National Anthem at the house premiere of Moby Dick.

 

Casper David Friedrich at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York: Winterreise for those with Baltic or East Prussian blood, or anyone who lives intensely as a Rückenfigur.