Peter Murmann

Today I read for the first time in a major newspaper (the Washington Post) the key argument against Hilary Clinton’s run for the presidency. Dear Hillary: How to Bow Out Gracefully Dear Stumped, I am running for leader of the free world, seeking to replace a deeply unpopular president. I am the spouse of his very successful [Read More]

Barring a major terrorist attack on the United States, my money is on Obama. Elections are decided by the independents. They will vote for him rather than the Republican candidate because they want to be part of restoring American values.  Here you can hear why Obama is going to be the frontrunner for the [Read More]

The Economist reviews two interesting books that put Islamic fundamentalism in perspective. Religion in Europe: The discovery of tolerance A TYPICAL Protestant view of European religious history might go like this. In medieval times, the Roman Catholic church grew increasingly corrupt and impervious to criticism. Then came the Reformation, with its new breath of freedom and tolerance. [Read More]

———————Girls——- —————-are like apples——- ———-on trees. The best ones————-are at the top of the tree.———-The boys don’t want to reach—- —for the good ones because they— -r afraid of falling and getting hurt.- -Instead, they get the rotten apples- from the ground that aren’t as good, but easy. So the apples up top think something’s wrong [Read More]

David Brooks articulates the intellectual conservatism that will give any Democrat and Republican food for thought: The Republican Collapse Modern conservatism begins with Edmund Burke. What Burke articulated was not an ideology or a creed, but a disposition, a reverence for tradition, a suspicion of radical change. When conservatism came to America, it became creedal. Free market [Read More]

It was always clear that me that with a lot of money New York City would be even a more spectacular place to live. I accepted with buddhist equanimity my low position in the money hierarchy until I read this review of the new building at 15 Central Park West. Should I have tried to [Read More]