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Jerry Brown

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News about Jerry Brown, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

  1. Jul. 5, 2015

    Frank Bruni Op-Ed column criticizes anti-vaccine campaigners like Robert Kennedy Jr, saying they are engaging in irresponsible effort to paint vaccines as dangerous; praises California Gov Jerry Brown for enacting law that requires almost all children in state to be vaccinated; contends it is sad to see Kennedy use influence of his family name to reach broader audience with such ill-considered theories. MORE

  2. Jul. 1, 2015

    California Gov Jerry Brown signs into law requirement that all schoolchildren receive vaccinations; law allows for medical exemptions but does not allow exemptions for personal or religious reasons; makes state first in country to have such a mandate. MORE

  3. Jun. 20, 2015

    California legislature passes compromise $115.4 billion budget, meeting demands by Gov Jerry Brown for spending restraint while still funding some of Democratic leaders' priority programs. MORE

  4. Jun. 17, 2015

    California lawmakers and Gov Jerry Brown say they have reached agreement on $115.4 billion budget for fiscal year starting in July 2015. MORE

  5. Jun. 16, 2015

    California Judge Timothy M Frawley rules that state must return $331 million taken from special fund for troubled homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure; fund received some of $24 billion nationwide settlement with country's largest banks over mortgage practices, and three nonprofit groups sued Gov Jerry Brown over misuse of $350 million. MORE

  6. May. 17, 2015

    California Gov Jerry Brown is dealing with conditions that his father, former Gov Edmund G Brown Sr, who embodied post- World War II explosion, helped produce; while California is still prospering from his father's efforts, Brown must now confront demands the ever-sprawling state is exacting on water and energy, and challenges of a drought of historic proportions (Series: The Parched West). MORE

  7. May. 15, 2015

    California Gov Jerry Brown agrees to expand state budget for University of California by 4 percent in each of the next four years, and to provide infusion of $436 million toward paying down system's pension obligations; 10-campus system would have to agree to tuition freeze for in-state students in exchange; measures, if approved by Legislature, would end prolonged standoff. MORE

  8. Apr. 30, 2015

    California Gov Jerry Brown issues executive order rapidly increasing state's plan to control greenhouse gas emissions; order, which would require drastic 40 percent reduction in emissions by 2030, is part of Brown's plan to put California on forefront of world's efforts to address climate change. MORE

  9. Apr. 29, 2015

    California Gov Jerry Brown proposes $10,000 fines for residents and businesses wasting water as part of state's conservation mandates, brought on by drought. MORE

  10. Apr. 27, 2015

    Severe and prolonged drought in California has played out along state's stark economic divide, with wealthy communities consuming far more water per capita than poorer areas where residents are forced to conserve due to economic necessity; impending statewide water consumption cut of 25 percent ordered by Gov Jerry Brown will turn dynamic on its head, targeting high-income, high-usage areas; remains unclear whether policy will affect behavior of wealthy, and whether it is constitutionally sound (Series: The Parched West). MORE

  11. Apr. 14, 2015

    Mark Bittman Op-Ed column argues solution to California's drought must address fact that agriculture consumes inordinate share of water in state; urges Gov Jerry Brown, who has mandated cutbacks on residential water use, to tackle agricultural water use, particularly state's arcane system of granting water rights. MORE

  12. Apr. 5, 2015

    California Gov Jerry Brown's order to address drought by cutting water consumption by 25 percent shows how state's aspiration of unimpeded growth has run up against limits of nature; Brown's mandate suggests he and other state leaders believe drought is indicative of permanent change in climate, and that permanent changes are necessary to make state viable (Series: The Parched West). MORE

  13. Apr. 5, 2015

    Brian McFadden The Strip comic imagines consequences of California Gov Jerry Brown's mandatory restrictions of water use. MORE

  14. Apr. 2, 2015

    California Gov Jerry Brown issues executive order imposing mandatory reduction of water use by 25 percent after state's four-year drought hits near-crisis proportions; mandate, first in state's history, affects California's 400 water supply agencies over coming year; large farm owners who get their water supply from other than local agencies will not fall under guidelines. MORE

  15. Mar. 29, 2015

    Editorial examines California Gov Jerry Brown's proposal for protecting San Francisco Bay Delta watershed from saltwater contamination; notes that despite flaws in plan, which many critics have pointed out, proposal shows that California officials are preparing for possible detrimental effects of climate change; warns circumstances in California shows that even when risks are recognized, cost and bureaucratic inertia combine to drag out implementation of needed measures. MORE

  16. Jan. 7, 2015

    California Gov Jerry Brown attends ceremonial groundbreaking of high-speed train to link Los Angeles and San Francisco day after being sworn in for his last term; critics note that train, which will cost estimated $67 billion, lacks actual funding, but Brown appears undaunted and committed to making rail part of his legacy. MORE

  17. Jan. 6, 2015

    California Gov Jerry Brown starts his fourth and last term, calling for wide reduction in state's energy usage over next 15 years, including plan to cut gas consumption by cars and trucks by up to 50 percent; says state will increase its role in battle against global warming. MORE

  18. Dec. 26, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown's choices of Leondra R Kruger, Mariano-Florentino Cuellar and Goodwin Liu for California Supreme Court, considered one of the most influential in the country, have drawn praise from scholars and legal experts; all three have been confirmed to court, despite never having served as judges; nominations are in a sense do-over of disastrous appointment by Brown of Rose Bird to court in his first term as governor. MORE

  19. Nov. 21, 2014

    Board of Regents of the University of California, despite opposition from students and Gov Jerry Brown, votes 14-7 to approve tuition increases of up to 5 percent in each of next five years. MORE

  20. Nov. 20, 2014

    University of California Board of Regents gives preliminary approval to plan to raise tuition 27.6 percent over five years; Gov Jerry Brown fails to block measure in last-ditch effort; hundreds of students protest, but university system president Janet Napolitano argues that increase is necessary. MORE

  21. Nov. 7, 2014

    California Democratic Gov Jerry Brown, elected to his fourth term in office, pledges fiscal restraint, which he seems to want to turn into his permanent legacy for state; he easily bested Republican opponent Neel Kashkan with 58.6 percent of vote, in rare bright spot for Democrats in midterm elections. MORE

  22. Oct. 3, 2014

    Editorial criticizes California Gov Jerry Brown's veto of bill that would have strengthened legal rights of franchisees in dealings with their corporate owners; contends veto amounts to condoning economic status quo that squeezes small businesses and low-wage workers even as corporate profits rise. MORE

  23. Oct. 1, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown signs into law measure that makes it the first state to allow private citizens to ask a court to seize guns from family members who they believe pose a threat to themselves or the public; legislation was introduced in direct response to shooting in Isla Vista by Elliot Rodger, who killed six people and wounded more than a dozen others. MORE

  24. Sep. 29, 2014

    Gov Jerry Brown of California signs bill that will make California the first state to require students on college campuses to receive active consent before all sexual activity; move is part of national struggle to reduce sexual assaults on campus. MORE

  25. Sep. 9, 2014

    Editorial calls on California Gov Jerry Brown to sign bill that would redefine consent in sexual assault policies at state-financed colleges; praises policy, which puts burden on student initiating sex to obtain a 'yes' rather than on intended partner to convey 'no'; holds 'yes means yes' policy will not make sexual assaults disappear, but could significantly improve how colleges handle accusations. MORE

  26. Sep. 6, 2014

    Gov Jerry Brown, Democrat of California, faces Republican challenger Neel Kashkari in campaign's first and apparently only debate; in the course of a spare 60 minutes, California voters are left with little doubt of the sharply different views of Brown and Kashkari on a range of issues. MORE

  27. Aug. 31, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown appeals ruling that threw out teacher job protection laws on grounds they deprived students of their constitutional rights, stepping into national debate about tenure protections; argues that ruling was too broad in scope and needs to be made by higher court. MORE

  28. Aug. 28, 2014

    Editorial calls on California Gov Jerry Brown to sign bill redressing several imbalances of power between corporations and small-business franchisees; notes bill will protect franchisees from retaliation tactics and grant momentum to ongoing labor movement among franchise workers. MORE

  29. Aug. 10, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown reverses parole board decision, blocking release of Bruce Davis, former Charles Manson follower who has served more than 43 years in prison for 1969 slayings of Gary Hinman and Donald Shea. MORE

  30. Aug. 1, 2014

    California Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari spends a week on Fresno, Calif, streets posing as a homeless man; experiment adds some sorely needed publicity to his campaign against incumbent Democratic Gov Jerry Brown, while also attracting some ridicule. MORE

  31. Jul. 17, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown’s most formidable Republican adversary as he campaigns for re-election is turning out to be a fellow Californian; incoming House majority leader Rep Kevin McCarthy, former State Assembly minority leader, is emerging as an ideological and politically wily opponent with strong opinions on how things should be done back home. MORE

  32. Jun. 5, 2014

    Neel Kashkari, newly named Republican nominee for governor of California, faces difficult task in mounting credible challenge to popular Democratic Gov Jerry Brown in November election; Kashkari, former Treasury Department official, beat Tea Party favorite Tim Donnelly in tight primary contest. MORE

  33. May. 20, 2014

    Gov Jerry Brown is portraying California as the front line of climate change, saying effects of man-made global warming are devastating the state; draws direct link between climate change and both the record-setting drought that has left the state parched and the early-season wildfires that have broken out across California. MORE

  34. May. 1, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown proposes vote on constitutional amendment requiring state's budget surpluses be used to pay down municipal debt and create an emergency fund; proposal comes as unexpected boom has ended years of budget shortfalls and fiscal dysfunction. MORE

  35. Apr. 17, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown, saying state’s budget surplus should be used to pay debt, calls special session of the Legislature to make changes to rainy-day fund measure on November ballot. MORE

  36. Mar. 23, 2014

    Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column describes conversation with California Gov Jerry Brown about variety of subjects; notes that they discussed Hillary Rodham Clinton's possible 2016 presidential candidacy, marijuana and California politics. MORE

  37. Feb. 28, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown, already the longest-serving governor in state's history, announces he will run for unprecedented fourth term. MORE

  38. Feb. 20, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown and top Democrats announce a $687 million plan to provide immediate help to drought-stricken communities. MORE

  39. Feb. 11, 2014

    Panel of three federal judges rules that California can have two more years to reduce severe overcrowding in state prisons; ruling amounts to legal and political victory for Gov Jerry Brown, giving him time to pursue a strategy of using rehabilitation programs to reduce head counts. MORE

  40. Jan. 23, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown delivers an upbeat State of the State speech, proclaiming a California comeback; speech represents the beginning of his expected campaign for a fourth term as governor. MORE

  41. Jan. 10, 2014

    California Gov Jerry Brown submits $155 billion state budget proposal that includes an 8.5 percent spending increase, but also $11 billion for debts and liabilities, including a $6 billion deferred payment to schools; state has multi-billion-dollar surplus. MORE

  42. Jan. 7, 2014

    High-speed rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco, which California's Gov Jerry Brown has made his personal crusade, is reeling from court ruling on its financing and from slipping public support. MORE

  43. Nov. 13, 2013

    Anne Gust Brown, wife of California Gov Jerry Brown, has not embraced traditional role as first lady, instead functioning as a confidante to her husband and quietly consulting with him on various matters; she is one of the few people who can predict Brown's often unpredictable thinking and, one of the most likely to tell the governor when it is time to stop analyzing and make a decision. MORE

  44. Oct. 16, 2013

    Supreme Court says it will not interfere with previous order requiring California to cut its prison population by thousands of inmates, leaving Gov Jerry Brown with just one more chance to persuade lower court to delay or stop releases. MORE

  45. Oct. 14, 2013

    California Gov Jerry Brown vetoes bill that would have allowed biosimilar versions of biologic drugs to be substituted by pharmacists if Food and Drug Administration deemed them 'interchangeable' with the brand-name reference product. MORE

  46. Oct. 12, 2013

    Democrats in the California Legislature pass sweeping package of gun control bills after a string of mass shootings across the country; Gov Jerry Brown, however, vetoes several key pieces, including a ban on semiautomatic weapons that many had considered the toughest restriction on gun ownership in the country; calls bill overly broad and says ban would have unduly constrained hunters and others using guns legally. MORE

  47. Oct. 10, 2013

    California Gov Jerry Brown expands access to abortion in the state, signing a bill to allow nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants to perform aspiration abortions, common type of the procedure, during the first trimester. MORE

  48. Oct. 8, 2013

    California Gov Jerry Brown, breaking with Democrats in State Legislature, vetoes bill that would have made state first to allow immigrants who are not citizens to serve on juries, saying that the responsibility should come only with citizenship; has signed into law numerous measures in recent weeks that put state at vanguard of expanding immigrant rights. MORE

  49. Oct. 7, 2013

    Editorial urges those seeking positive action on immigration reform to look to California, where Gov Jerry Brown, Democratic-controlled Legislature and a Republican Party conspicuously lacking in Tea Partyers have made strides in advancing a sensible immigration agenda; notes while states alone cannot fix the whole system, they can try to address issues and prod the federal government by example. MORE

  50. Sep. 26, 2013

    California Gov Jerry Brown signs a bill that will raise California's minimum wage to $10 an hour within three years. MORE

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Highlights from the Archives

California Shifted, and So Did Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown has been California’s governor before, 30 years ago, but friends and colleagues say he is a changed man ready to take on a changed state.

November 5, 2010 usNews

California Beats Water Conservation Goal for 2nd Straight Month

The state used 31 percent less water last month than in July 2013, surpassing the target of 25 percent in the second month of mandatory statewide cutbacks.

August 28, 2015, Friday

California Drought Is Made Worse by Global Warming, Scientists Say

The odds of California suffering droughts at the far end of the scale, like the current one, have roughly doubled over the last century, scientists said.

August 21, 2015, Friday

After Ferguson, California Orders Police Shooting Cases Into Open Court

California has become the first state to ban the use of a grand jury when a police officer kills a civilian.

August 13, 2015, Thursday

California: Grand Juries Are Barred From Deciding Cases Involving Police

The state has banned the use of grand juries to determine whether to prosecute a law enforcement officer in the death of a member of the public.

August 13, 2015, Thursday

Transgender California Inmate Wins Parole

Gov. Jerry Brown is allowing parole for an inmate who is trying to force California to become the first state to pay for sex reassignment surgery.

August 9, 2015, Sunday

California Cuts Back on Water, but Troubles Remain

The state’s urban water savings in June were encouraging, but it still needs to fix its system for agricultural water.

July 31, 2015, Friday

Water Use in California Down 27% in June, Beating Goal

June was the first month in which a mandatory 25 percent cutback was ordered, and officials called the reductions an encouraging development for the drought-stricken state.

July 31, 2015, Friday

A Culinary Look at the California Drought: Reporter’s Notebook

Kim Severson, a Times food writer, considers the California drought, from the perspective of the plate.

July 8, 2015, Wednesday

California, Camelot and Vaccines

It’s Jerry Brown over Bobby Kennedy Jr., in a victory for science and sense.

July 5, 2015, Sunday

California Mandates Vaccines for Schoolchildren

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law on Tuesday to prohibit immunization exemptions based on personal or religious beliefs.

July 1, 2015, Wednesday

California Governor Imposes Water Order

Gov. Jerry Brown announced a sweeping executive order that imposes California’s first mandatory water restrictions as the state’s drought has reached near-crisis proportions.

California’s Extreme Drought, Explained

California is experiencing the worst drought in its history, and the effects are being felt nationwide.

How Has the California Drought Affected You?

Gov. Jerry Brown ordered mandatory water restrictions for the first time in California history. How will water rationing affect you?

How Has the Drought Affected California’s Water Use?

An interactive map shows how much water California residents conserved in April and how much daily consumption they are being forced to cut under new mandatory restrictions.

California Governor on Winning 4th Term

Gov. Jerry Brown of California spoke after decisively winning an unprecedented fourth term in the state dominated by Democrats.

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Fidel Castro

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News about Fidel Castro, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

  1. Apr. 5, 2015

    Former Cuban Pres Fidel Castro makes his first public appearance in more than a year, greeting Venezuelan visitors as they tour a school in Havana. MORE

  2. Feb. 4, 2015

    Cuban Communist Party's official newspaper Granma posts new photographs of Fidel Castro on its website, first since rumors concerning his death circulated in December 2014, in which he appears alert and animated. MORE

  3. Jan. 29, 2015

    Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro meets with leftist Brazilian intellectual Frei Betto, putting to rest rumors that Castro had died. MORE

  4. Jan. 28, 2015

    Letter written by Fidel Castro, published in nation's Communist Party newspaper Granma, supports peaceful end to conflict between Cuba and the United States, but he says he still does not trust the US; some American officials question authorship of letter, since it seems to serve Pres Raul Castro's interests. MORE

  5. Jan. 10, 2015

    People in Miami celebrate rumor that former Cuban leader Fidel Castro is dead, confusing him with recently deceased Fidel Castro Odinga, son of prominent Kenyan politician Raila Odinga. MORE

  6. Dec. 19, 2014

    Fidel Castro's absence in public eye confirms for many Cubans that he is fading into history as his more pragmatic brother Raul steers nation towards private enterprise and economic growth; while young Cubans can barely remember when Fidel was noticeable presence, many say fiery leader remains rooted in Cuban consciousness. MORE

  7. Oct. 15, 2014

    Ernesto Londono Editorial Observer cites Fidel Castro article written in response to New York Times editorial calling on Pres Obama to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba and end embargo imposed on country; holds Castro's piece, in quoting extensively from editorial, both extends its reach and appears to endorse its message; says in allowing piece to be published, Cuban government may be signaling that it is open to talks with United States. MORE

  8. Oct. 26, 2012

    Op-Ed article by Profs James G Blight and Janet M Lang contends that Cuban missile crisis and danger of nuclear war it posed was driven by Fidel Castro's fears and insecurities and failure of both Pres John F Kennedy and Premier Nikita S Khrushchev to take him seriously; examines history leading up to crisis, and contrasts it with nuclear standoff with Iran in present day. MORE

  9. Oct. 23, 2012

    Article published under name of Fidel Castro on Cuba's state Web site refutes rumors that he has suffered debilitating stroke or perhaps had died. MORE

  10. Oct. 22, 2012

    Venezuelan politician Elias Jaua says he met with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, publicizing picture in which Castro appears to be in good health; move is likely part of effort by Cuba and Venezuela to dispute rumors that Castro is either dead or dying. MORE

  11. Oct. 20, 2012

    More rumors that retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro has died are being denied by Cuba's government and Castro's family. MORE

  12. Sep. 23, 2012

    John Jeremiah Sullivan article describes visiting Cuba now that Fidel Castro has largely ceded his public role to his brother Raul, while still retaining much of his power; notes what comes after the Castros is as much of a mystery as ever. MORE

  13. Apr. 11, 2012

    Miami Marlins suspend manager Ozzie Guillen for making remarks about how much he admires and respects longtime Cuban dictator Fidel Castro; Guillen holds a press conference apologizing for his comments; the incident exposes just how enduring and volatile the issue of Castro's reign remains in Miami, which has the nation's largest population of Cuban immigrants, as well as how reliant the Marlins are on the Cuban-American community as a fan base. MORE

  14. Apr. 11, 2012

    Editorial criticizes the Miami Marlins for suspending manager Ozzie Guillen for expressing his support for Fidel Castro; notes that Guillen expressed admiration for Castro's longevity, not for his oppressive reign over Cuba; holds that while the Marlins may be within their legal rights, they should have thought harder before succumbing to the cries of Miami's easily incited Cuban exile community and punishing a political statement for business reasons. MORE

  15. Aug. 21, 2011

    Ann Louise Bardach Op-Ed article examines the political alliance between Cuba's former commander in chief Fidel Castro ad Venezuelan Pres Hugo Chavez; notes that both men have health problems; asserts that the political alliance between the two countries would be put in jeopardy if the health of either man fails. MORE

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The World

For a Post-Castro Cuba, Castro Lite

Fidel Castro’s successor will face the tricky task of acting on the Castro revolution’s promises, and breaking them, too.

August 6, 2006 weekinreviewNews

Photography in Cuba: It’s Not Easy

An ambitious new survey of photography in Cuba aims to challenge long-held notions about how the island has been portrayed.

August 5, 2015, Wednesday

Spanish Look to Havana to Repay an Old Debt

Many émigrés are hoping that a new era of openness between the United States and Havana could help remove obstacles to recovering what they lost. But obstacles remain.

July 12, 2015, Sunday

Increasingly Visible, Cuba’s Elián González Champions Island’s Government

The government may be grooming Mr. González, who returned to Cuba from Florida in 2000, for a formal role.

July 9, 2015, Thursday

Marco Rubio Is Hardly a Hero in Cuba. He Likes That.

Residents of towns that were home to the Republican senator’s parents, grandparents and great-grandparents take issue with his Cuba policy, if they are aware of him at all.

July 6, 2015, Monday

Announcing Cuba Embassy Deal, Obama Declares ‘New Chapter’

President Obama declared Wednesday that the two nations were ready to reopen embassies in each other’s capitals and to start a “new chapter” of engagement.

July 2, 2015, Thursday

Ted Cruz Recalls How Father Tried to Join Fidel Castro’s Army

In his book, “A Time for Truth,” Senator Cruz of Texas writes of his father, a 1950s Cuban revolutionary who longed to join Mr. Castro’s army.

June 28, 2015, Sunday

Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth

A Havana neighborhood that the author has come to love during trips to her ancestral home remains true to the Cuba of old.

June 21, 2015, Sunday

‘Cubanacán’ Imagines When Che and Fidel Compared Golf Swings

An opera at the Havana Biennial, created by an American librettist and a Cuban composer, imagines a 1960s moment in Cuban history.

May 21, 2015, Thursday

François Hollande of France Meets Fidel and Raúl Castro in Cuba

The French president made the first visit by a Western head of state to Havana since the U.S. announced plans to re-establish diplomatic relations.

May 13, 2015, Wednesday

Fidel Castro Appears in Public for First Time in 14 Months

It was his first appearance since his brother, President Raúl Castro, and President Obama announced in December that the United States and Cuba would normalize diplomatic relations.

April 5, 2015, Sunday
Castro, the First Communist Retiree?

Fidel Castro’s exit might be a historical first. Or not.

A Decades-Long Thaw in U.S.-Cuba Relations

A look at Cuba’s fraught relationship with the United States since its 1959 revolution.

A Decades-Long Thaw in U.S.-Cuba Relations

A look at Cuba’s fraught relationship with the United States since its 1959 revolution.

Barbara Walters’s Biggest Moments

A look back at the memorable interviews that Barbara Walters has done over her 50 years in television.

A Divided, Dangerous Camelot

The anniversary reverie surrounding President John F. Kennedy’s death has obscured the anarchic disorder that was present in America.

Cuba Revisted

A Cuban-American tries to reconnect with her family in Havana.

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Arnold Scaasi

News about Arnold Scaasi, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Lenny Kravitz-Gate, a Zoolander 2 Teaser and Idris Elba’s Cover

Plus, Vanity Fair’s best-dressed list, Tim Blanks to BoF and more from the week in style.

August 7, 2015, Friday

Arnold Scaasi Dies at 85; Dressed Stars and Socialites, His ‘Scaasi Girls’

Mr. Scaasi was known for bringing the techniques of the French couture to prominent American women, including first ladies, socialites and Hollywood stars.

August 5, 2015, Wednesday
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No More Flattery From Scaasi

After 55 years of custom-made dresses, he will stick to the jewelry business.

July 22, 2010, Thursday
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Tooling Around Town And Looking Good

October 3, 2004, Sunday

"Don't write anything mean, 'cause I'm not mean," ARNOLD SCAASI said at his book party at Le Cirque 2000, the other day.

September 28, 2004, Tuesday

Ladies' Man

Arnold Scaasi knows women like an Eskimo knows ice. During more than 50 years in fashion, the Canadian-born designer has overseen almost 20,000 fittings. His wildly colorful confections, which routinely involve bushels of feathers and buckets of...

August 29, 2004, Sunday

At the Cutting Edge of Haute Couture

THE designer Arnold Scaasi, born Isaacs, had a recent retrospective at the New York Historical Society called ''The Joy of Dressing Up.'' Not for him the blacks and browns of the urban waif, or the underwear look of the slip dress. One does not dress...

June 29, 1997, Sunday

ARNOLD SCAASI is used to seeing his fashions on the runway, at gala parties, in magazines. This evening he will watch as 104 of his couture designs are auctioned at Sotheby's to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which was established in...

April 16, 1997, Wednesday

TIFFANY JACKSON, a 25-year-old soprano from New Haven, didn't own quite the right dress to wear for her New York debut this Sunday at Town Hall until RITA ASEN, the managing director of the Cosmopolitan Symphony Orchestra, which will accompany Miss...

February 19, 1997, Wednesday

The 'Oscars of Fashion': Slouching Toward Prime Time

IN so many ways, the annual awards gala of the Council of Fashion Designers of America strives to live up to its self-given title, the Oscars of Fashion. At the event last Monday night, there was the gantlet of paparazzi, perhaps 100 strong,...

February 9, 1997, Sunday

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Russell Simmons

News about Russell Simmons, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The Rising Activist Voice of Hip-Hop Mogul Russell Simmons Takes Aim at Mayor de Blasio

Mr. Simmons held a news conference, where he criticized the mayor’s unfulfilled campaign promise to ban horse-drawn carriages, and called him “very, very weak” on police reform.

July 17, 2015, Friday

A Lucha Libre Party Ends Early for the Men’s Fashion Crowd

Masked wrestlers, six-packs and those who love them celebrate New York men’s fashion week at a spirited blowout.

July 16, 2015, Thursday

Angela Simmons Has Her Hands in Everything

A clothing line and acting are just two of the projects that the daughter of Rev Run of Run-DMC has going.

May 10, 2015, Sunday

Russell Simmons Plans Musical on Early Days of Hip-Hop

A founder of Def Jam Records said he expects songs from the label to be featured in the show.

March 19, 2015, Thursday

Oscars 2015: Parties for ‘Boyhood’ and the Beautiful People

The cast of “Boyhood,” Chris O’Dowd and Gugu Mbatha-Raw were among the celebrities making the rounds of pre-Oscar festivities.

February 20, 2015, Friday

Jay Z and Russell Simmons Seek Justice Reforms

The hip-hop moguls met with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to press for changes in the way the criminal justice system handles cases of alleged police brutality.

December 11, 2014, Thursday

Vintage Hip-Hop in the Hamptons

The gala, an annual event by the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, praised generous contributions to the community.

July 31, 2014, Thursday

Hip-Hop Stars Gather for Funeral of Famed Manager

Hip-hop royalty, including 50 Cent, Russell Simmons and Busta Rhymes, attended a service for Chris Lighty, a manager who committed suicide last Thursday.

September 5, 2012, Wednesday

On the East End in Bright Gala Colors

Russell Simmons opened his East Hampton home for the annual benefit for Rush Philanthropic Arts, a foundation for disadvantaged children and artists.

August 2, 2012, Thursday

A Time for the Hip and Hot

Harry Winston, the jeweler, introduced a watch at a party on Shelter Island as the guests braved the heat.

July 5, 2012, Thursday

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Chronology of Coverage

  1. Mar. 20, 2015

    Adm Michael S Rogers, head of both National Security Agency and United States Cyber Command, tells Senate committee US must improve its ability to engage in cyberattacks, as deterrent against enemy nations. MORE

  2. Feb. 26, 2015

    Editorial examines implications of NSA document showing escalation of cyberattacks between United States and Iran, with the latter significantly stepping up its capabilities in recent years; calls for acceleration of international efforts to negotiate limits on the cyberarms race, which is presenting ever greater dangers to privacy and vital institutions. MORE

  3. Feb. 23, 2015

    Newly revealed National Security Agency document shows sharp increase in use of cyberweapons by United States and Iran against each other, both for espionage and sabotage. MORE

  4. Feb. 17, 2015

    Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab says United States has discovered method to permanently embed surveillance and sabotage tools in computers in countries like Iran, Russia, Pakistan and China; points out many of tools are designed to run on computers that are not connected to Internet, and lets US intelligence agencies unlock scrambled contents unnoticed. MORE

  5. Feb. 11, 2015

    Pres Obama's homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco says administration will open center designed to rapidly weigh and deter cyberattacks on United States. MORE

  6. Feb. 2, 2015

    Study conducted by computer security firm FireEye finds that hackers aiding Syrian Pres Bashar al-Assad posed as women on Skype to steal Syrian opposition fighters' strategic battle plans; battle details that FireEye recovered are impressive, but it is not evident how or whether the information was used. MORE

  7. Jan. 19, 2015

    United States government was able to quickly identify North Korea as source of cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment because of National Security Agency's careful infiltration of country's computer networks that began in 2010; previous spear fishing attacks with which attackers gained access to Sony computers were noticed but disregarded; some cybersecurity experts remain skeptical that North Korea is responsible. MORE

  8. Jan. 17, 2015

    Pres Obama and British Prime Min David Cameron, during meeting at White House, pledge to work together closely to confront growing extremist threat around the world; announce they will step up efforts to strengthen cybersecurity and training of Iraqi military to bolster fight against Islamic State. MORE

  9. Jan. 14, 2015

    Pres Obama asks Congress to pass legislation to increase cybersecurity across government and industry. MORE

  10. Jan. 13, 2015

    United States Central Command's Twitter and YouTube accounts are compromised by hackers who claim to be part of Islamic State group, and messages sympathetic to group are published on accounts; breach is embarrassment for Defense Dept, and some critics question security measures Central Command has in place for their social media accounts. MORE

  11. Jan. 8, 2015

    Government officials and Federal Bureau of Investigation Dir James B Comey say they are sure North Korea was behind cyberattacks on Sony Pictures due to fact that hackers initially failed to disguise routing of attacks; Comey calls for declassification of information related to attack, as skeptics wish to see FBI's evidence. MORE

  12. Jan. 5, 2015

    North Korea denounces United States over its latest sanctions after cyberattack on Sony Pictures; repeats its denial of involvement in hacking Sony computers, and states sanctions will increase its intention to follow 'military first' policy. MORE

  13. Jan. 3, 2015

    Obama administration announces new sanctions against 10 senior North Korean officials in response to cyberattack on Sony Pictures; North Korea has denied any involvement, and Obama critics question whether there is enough evidence to place blame on the country. MORE

  14. Dec. 31, 2014

    Sony Pictures executives acknowledge that studio was slow to realize depths of security breach and let problems worsen by defending itself publicly only after colossal damage had occurred; company's first decision to treat attack as mostly internal affair reflects Hollywood habit and executive imperturbability of chief executive Michael Lynton. MORE

  15. Dec. 30, 2014

    Editorial warns that cyberattack on Sony Pictures, which Obama administration has blamed on North Korea, points to urgent need for improved cyber security; urges corporations and federal, state and local governments to redouble efforts to protect their networks; calls for Obama administration to take steps to prevent future attacks. MORE

  16. Dec. 28, 2014

    North Korea accuses United States of cutting off its Internet, while once again denying it had any part in cyberattack on Sony Pictures. MORE

  17. Dec. 26, 2014

    Sony Pictures begins screening its previously canceled movie The Interview at 331 small, independently owned theaters, many of which report sellouts; many movegoers seek to take political stand for free speech after hackers, traced to North Korean government, threatened violence against theaters which showed film. MORE

  18. Dec. 24, 2014

    Security researchers are increasingly voicing doubts about the United States government assertions that North Korea was behind the attack on Sony’s computer network. MORE

  19. Dec. 24, 2014

    Sony Pictures, in reversal, says it will release controversial film The Interview in small number of theaters on Christmas; will also possibly offer video-on-demand availability; comedy about assassination of North Korea's ruler Kim Jong-un had been pulled after hackers threatened violence against theaters that showed it; decision was criticized by irate Hollywood stars, free-speech advocates, and even Pres Obama. MORE

  20. Dec. 24, 2014

    News analysis; North Korea's cyberattack on Sony Pictures illustrates absence of treaties, laws and best practices to deal with digital conflicts; United States took extraordinary step of identifying North Korea as culprit, but has refused to release details and has not claimed responsibility for counterattack; question remains whether ruler Kim Jong-un will back off or push forward with new attacks. MORE

  21. Dec. 23, 2014

    North Korea's Internet connection fails hours after announcement by Pres Obama that United States will retaliate for attack on Sony Pictures; cause of failure is unclear but could be attributed to several factors, including attack by US, interruption by China's state-owned telecommunications company, or preemptive measure by North Korea itself. MORE

  22. Dec. 23, 2014

    United Nations Security Council, for first time, holds briefing on human rights in North Korea, focusing on UN report into widespread and systematic abuses there; North Korea, despite struggling with Internet shutdown and spat with United States over hacking attack on Sony Pictures, renews threat of nuclear testing in retaliation. MORE

  23. Dec. 22, 2014

    David Carr The Media Equation column relates the circumstances surrounding hacking attack on Sony Pictures and its canceling of comedic film The Interview, about plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un; contends things have gone so deeply wrong so quickly, it is hard to keep track of all the mistakes; states move industry should rally and play the movie. MORE

  24. Dec. 21, 2014

    Obama administration seeks help from China in blocking North Korea's ability to launch cyberattacks, first step in its response to attack on Sony Pictures; China's cooperation is critical, since virtually all of North Korea's telecommunications run through Chinese-operated networks. MORE

  25. Dec. 21, 2014

    North Korea denies it had any involvement in cyberattack on Sony Pictures over movie The Interview, and warns of 'serious consequences' if United States retaliates. MORE

  26. Dec. 21, 2014

    Frank Bruni Op-Ed column warns that lesson to take from hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment at behest of North Korean government is that privacy no longer exists for anyone in realm of electronic communications. MORE

  27. Dec. 20, 2014

    Pres Obama assures Americans that North Korea will pay a price for its cyberattack on Sony Pictures, but criticizes the Hollywood studio for giving in to intimidation by pulling The Interview before it opened; if Obama follows through on his threats, it would be first time United States has been known to retaliate for cyberattack on American soil. MORE

  28. Dec. 20, 2014

    Sony disputes Pres Obama's claim that company should not have canceled plans to release film The Interview in face of possible terrorist threat; studio's rebuttal follows wave of accusations that it had given in to extortionist demand from hackers; Motion Picture Assn of America chief executive Chris Dodd also condemns hacking. MORE

  29. Dec. 20, 2014

    Mike Hale Critic's Notebook column holds film The Interview is less about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un than it is a typical American comedy, making nation's response all the more surprising; says Sony should have never caved in to North Korea's far-fetched threats. MORE

  30. Dec. 19, 2014

    News analysis; Communist nations of Cuba and North Korea are posing two different challenges for Pres Obama; holds that while Cuba is newest experiment in integration, North Korea is escalating confrontation with United States in innovative way with easily deniable cyberwarfare. MORE

  31. Dec. 19, 2014

    Editorial understands Sony's caution in choosing not to release film The Interview after threats from North Korean hackers, but fears decision signals to future criminals that extortion works; calls on Obama administration and international community to develop and carry out appropriate response to cyberwarfare. MORE

  32. Dec. 19, 2014

    Hollywood is scrambling to repair frayed executive, business and talent relationships that were bruised by cyberattack on Sony Pictures; North Korea is seen behind assault over canceled film The Interview, though prominent movie industry figures are scoring what they view as Sony's caving in to terrorist threats. MORE

  33. Dec. 18, 2014

    American officials conclude that massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures was state-sponsored action by North Korea; Obama administration has not publicly accused country or decided how to respond; North Koreans half-deny involvement; Sony cancels release of movie The Interview after threats are made to public safety. MORE

  34. Dec. 18, 2014

    Sony Pictures Entertainment drops plans for Christmas Day release of movie The Interview, which depicts assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, after receiving terror threat against theaters; movie has been at center of devastating hacker attack on Sony. MORE

  35. Dec. 18, 2014

    Nick Bilton Disruptions column notes hack of Sony's communications has provided cautionary tale that is causing many people in Hollywood and other companies to eschew emails and texts in favor of meeting face to face or talking on phone. MORE

  36. Dec. 3, 2014

    Security firm Cylance releases report that identifies Iranian hackers as source of coordinated attacks against more than 50 targets in 16 countries, many of them corporate and government entities. MORE

  37. Oct. 31, 2014

    Russia appears to be using updated techniques of Cold War signal-sending; breach of White House computer system points to Russia, and country also sent military flights along coast of Norway and provokes NATO forces; events seem to evoke Soviet Era when both sides probed each other’s defenses, hoping to learn something from the reaction those tests created. MORE

  38. Oct. 29, 2014

    Researchers at computer security firm FireEye say that hackers working for Russian government have for seven years been using sophisticated techniques to break into computer networks around the world. MORE

  39. Sep. 2, 2014

    Oregon-based SolarWorld Americas, largest manufacturer of solar panels in United States, asks Commerce Department to investigate claims that Chinese military personnel broke into company's computers and stole important business documents in long-running trade dispute; company proposes administration should impose tariffs to crack down on Chinese manufacturers benefiting from cyberwarfare and espionage. MORE

  40. Sep. 1, 2014

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders are expected to ratify a significant change in mission statement, expanding definition of an armed attack on any of the 28 NATO nations to include a cyberattack; fact that this is NATO's first tentative step into realm of computer conflict shows alliance's difficulties in innovating to keep up with modern warfare. MORE

  41. Jul. 16, 2014

    Officials report that Chinese hackers have infiltrated networks of United States Government Printing Office and the Government Accountability Office, indicating that they are turning their attention to more obscure federal agencies after years of cyberattacks on high-profile targets; sophisticated nature of attacks has led some American officials to believe Chinese government, through military or proxies, played a role. MORE

  42. Jul. 11, 2014

    Sec of State John Kerry, speaking at the annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue, asserts that there is no United States strategy to be in conflict with China, and tries to press cyber-espionage as an important issue. MORE

  43. Jul. 10, 2014

    American officials say Chinese hackers broke into computer networks of United States Office of Personnel Management, which contain files on all federal employees, including tens of thousands who have applied for top-secret security clearances; it is not yet clear how far hackers penetrated the agency's systems before federal authorities detected the threat and blocked them from the network. MORE

  44. Jul. 1, 2014

    Private cybersecurity researchers say that Russian hackers are systematically targeting hundreds of Western oil and gas companies, as well as energy investment firms; intrusions give hackers opportunity to seize control of industrial control systems from afar, much as United States and Israel did of Iran’s centrifuges in 2009. MORE

  45. Jun. 10, 2014

    Report by CrowdStrike ties a hacker group in Shanghai to attacks on governments, contractors and research companies; it offers more evidence of breadth and ambition of China's campaign to steal trade and military secrets from foreign victims; National Security Agency and partners are tracking more than 20 Chinese hacking groups, over half of them units of People's Liberation Army. MORE

  46. Jun. 1, 2014

    Chinese officials are ramping up pressure on the United States government and large technology companies, following Justice Dept's indictment of five members of the Chinese Army on economic cyber-espionage charges, and calling for measures that are widely seen as retribution for Washington's latest charges; moves raise specter of a trade war and stoke anxiety among American companies that do business in China. MORE

  47. May. 25, 2014

    Newly filed government court document reveals prominent hacker Hector Xavier Monsegur provided trove of information to authorities, allowing them to disrupt at least 300 cyberattacks on targets that included United States military, Congress, federal courts, NASA and private companies; prosecutors are using document to seek leniency for Monsegur, who is set to be sentenced in federal court on hacking conspiracy and other charges. MORE

  48. May. 25, 2014

    Serge Schmemann Quick History column reflects on week's events, including Ukraine's presidential election, European Parliament elections, indictment of five members of Chinese military's for hacking by Justice Dept, gas accord signed by China and Russia, and surrender of Societe General rogue trader Jerome Kerviel. MORE

  49. May. 25, 2014

    Editorial argues that Justice Department's indictment of five Chinese hackers for fraud is a largely symbolic action that may undermine efforts to combat Chinese cyberattacks that cost billions in intellectual property and jobs; argues that Washington must keep diplomatic dialogue open even as it pursues the legal case. MORE

  50. May. 23, 2014

    Justice Department indictments of five men charged with hacking computers of American companies to steal commercial secrets offers glimpse into China's hacking world; many hackers employed by Chinese government are men in their 20s and 30s who have been trained at universities run by the People’s Liberation Army and are employed by state in myriad ways. MORE

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Changes Coming At The Fan 590?

May 5th, 2010 | by torontosportsmedia

I don’t usually pay attention to my spam folder. However an email today from Mike S pointed me to a real gem from the good folks at the Fan590. They sent out a listener poll asking folks to rate local media personalities that I would have missed had it not been pointed out to me.

There were roughly 20 questions in the survey. The first portion of the survey asks you to listen to clips from several on air personalities and then rank how much you like or dislike that personality on a sliding scale from like to dislike. If memory serves me correctly the clips were from Don Landry, Gord Stellick, Mike Hogan, Bob McCown all from the Fan 590. Also included were Bill Watters, Greg Brady and Andy Frost from 640 Toronto. Added to the mix were John Tory, Kathryn Humphreys , George Stroumboulopoulos, Norm Rumack and another personality whom I think may have been John Moore. I may be missing a few and I am not entirely sure on the last one. The second part of the survey used the same ranking systems and the same personalities but this time users are asked to rate the personalities based upon names only. So the question would say something to the effect of how would you rate Gord Stellick as an on air personality and then the user would answer somewhere between the range of like and dislike. The funniest part of this segment to me was the fact that they misspelled Greg Brady’s name and have him listed as Greg Brody.

So, what should one make of this little survey? In all likelihood probably about as much as Chris Bosh’s twitter feed. However, it’s hard to ignore which personalities are included in the survey and which are omitted. For instance, I am curious why users weren’t asked about the hockey central guys or the game plan guys. With the exception of Mike Hogan (Argo play by play) none of the folks involved in actual team coverage were listed either. None of their “beat” reporters were included. I find it interesting that Rumack is included but Toth wasn’t. I find it extremely interesting that John Torey would be included. Where does Kathryn Humphreys , George Stroumboulopoulos and Moore fit in that survey? Why not include the other regular guests in addition to Humphreys? I mean why not Jeff Blair, Stephen Brunt, Bruce Arthur, Scotty Bowman, Glen Healey, Nik Kypreos etc?

I know there is a new program director at the Fan590. The survey is signed by him. It can’t be a surprise to anyone that he is taking stock on what he has and doesn’t have. One would think that the ratings books he gets would tell him all he wanted to know. I give lots of credit to the powers that be at the Fan590 for at least asking the question of those who listen to the station. How much credence the results are given will never be known. To me it’s just another sign that changes are on the horizon.

Lastly, a couple of good articles worth reading…

First Bruce Arthur’s article about tasering is pretty funny.

Jeff Blair’s article on Chris Bosh twittering is good too

Really sad to hear of the passing of Ernie Harwell. I lived in Detroit for a spell and always loved listening to him call games. Harwell’s passing is a sad reminder of a time where radio play by play was an art enjoyed by people who just weren’t in the car. People used to listen to entire games because it was the only way to follow the game live. Harwell was a storyteller. Listening to him calling a game was as if you had invited him into your living room to describe the game. You felt like he was talking to you. There won’t be another Ernie because the medium no longer requires it. It’s too bad.

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  1. Coach says:

    Dear Fan590:

    fire hogan, bring back rumak.

  2. Al from Burlington says:

    Why would changes at the Fan be so surprising. It is WAY OVERDUE. This station is old, stale, repetitive and BORING!

  3. mike (in Boston) says:

    my 2 cents, after having lived in a city with up to 4 full time sports radio stations at one point (it’s now down to 2)

    – the morning show is a disaster. the bits are awful and there is nearly no compelling sports talk or opinion. it’s unlistenable either as a general entertainment show or as a sports show.
    – Hogan seems like a genuinely nice person but lacks personality to carry a whole show. His insights are bland, his opinions predictable. Perhaps he could be a decent complement to someone else but right now i never listen to his show.
    – the hockey show is fine, but it should switch back to Wilner for the summer
    – Jack has no credibility speaking on anything other than basketball. Eric is ok.
    – McCown is untouchable however i could do with less banter with the regular guests. the first few minutes of every interview are often wasted. 2 roundtables a week is 1 one too many.
    – evening programming has been a trainwreck for years. try to install someone young rather than the old guys they’ve been trotting out for more than a decade.

  4. Julian says:

    I’m not sure I’d read much into the survey. I also doubt they make a change before the fall ratings period. That’s when it matters. So many people will be starting lengthy vacations in a month like McCown, Watters, Dreger, Brady, Millard/Kypreos. So if the heavy hitters are all gone, why make changes in July or August when the ratings don’t mean a lot.

    But yes I’d be shocked if they keep their morning show as is going into the fall, and I’d be shocked if they didn’t add a partner for Hogan. Some of you like the 2pm show. I don’t. These guys know one sport, and it’s a sport more people than not don’t care about. They expose themselves greatly when talking hockey or baseball.

    I know some will argue Watters and Stellick do the same. I disagree. I think both can talk the other sports besides hockey in a credible fashion. Watters interviewed Jim Courier and a Jays pitcher (can’t remember name) this week and didn’t seem out of place at all. Armstrong & Smith do seem out of place.

    Stellick may be salvagable. He just needs someone else to lead the show and his role to be more of a support.

    But survey-wise, I doubt you’ll see a programming change there unless someone quits until September or October.

  5. Daniel says:

    Julian – I can’t speak as much for hockey, but I’m a huge baseball fan, and I can tell you that Jack and Eric are FAR better with their baseball discussion than Stellick or Watters. In fact, I’d say Jack Armstong might be the second most informed on baseball at The Fan, behind Wilner.

    They do talk a lot of basketball, but I think a good job of covering the big 4 sports every day. I find the show kind of refreshing. Also – they’re doing OK in ratings, no? I think it had a higher share than the noon show, and must be much cheaper.

  6. Daniel says:

    I think I’m with all you guys on most points. The Fan used to be the default station I’d always have on. Now I pretty much just try to catch Game Plan, PTS and Jays games.

    I haven’t listened to The Fan morning show since Derringer and Marsden. I think it could be salvageable if they replaced Landry with someone really good (as you said, Julian). I’d try to go after Greg Brady, if I was The Fan.

    I think I’m one of the few who’s not into the noontime show. I would prefer general sports talk (even if it was hockey focused, like BWS). I feel like you have to be a hardcore fan to enjoy it – it’s a bit too intense for casual fans like me. Then again, this is a hockey crazy city, so maybe that’s not a problem.

    How would you guys feel if The Fan worked in a bit more ‘guy talk’ amongst the sports? I notice some sports stations in the States do that.

  7. Don Landry should have been replaced years ago!

  8. FMT says:

    I’m not really sure if I buy into this survey, who are they asking? If their sending this survey to their most loyal listeners (the people who will join a mailing list) then wouldn’t these people be most likely to say “everything fine”. Unlike what I see many here who would like to listen to sports radio but the station is just not offering quality. Fan reminds me a lot of another Rogers product in the Jays/Skydome, both insipre very little to go to and be a part of.

    I seriously don’t think the station has ever been this poor, what I actually find most concerning is that there no new talent in the station, In the past even though the establish guys have a habit of being lazy, the weekend/ part-time guys really want to establish themselves. Guys like Friedman, Sansone, Merek, Strumbo, Richards, and Mackowycz,all were very talented guys who didn’t get an opportunity in the station but you can tell they had real talent and went to do other things. With exception of few (Seixeiro comes to mind, few bright spots), but laziness as host has gone throughout the ranks. When the last time they found a talent like Shulman. Adnan Virk is good enough for ESPN but can’t find a spot for him? What’s wrong is he too diverse.

    Mike in Boston inspires me to give opinion on each
    ^Mourning show has become so bad I actually avoid it. Stellick might be able to be carried but Landry brings nothing to the table.
    ^Hogan isn’t awful, it’s just there. It reminds me of the first article I read on here talking about somebody who left the city and returned just to hear the same voices doing the same thing. You have to be great to have such staying power, he’s just not that and had a good run but a fresh voice will be good.
    ^Hockey central, I skip it on the most part, like Dan said hockey fine but too much and overload.

    ^Gameplan, I like Armstrong, I think he gives a true effort, Smith on the other hand seems to be nothing more than an NBA/Raps apologist, he seems to also put down other sports to raise his, he fits perfectly in the conflict of interest audio show you had last week
    ^PrimeTime, I’ve lost a lot of respect for McCown, yes he’s a legend but seems to go through the motions. I don’t think it’s a coincidence he happens to get a bunch of “yes guys” as co-host who aren’t really good (Toth, Kelly, Shannon) I think it’s to make him look good. It gets predictable and doesn’t seem to challenge himself or the show anymore.

  9. Mike S says:

    Here are the changes I would suggest for 590:

    – Get rid of Shannon. Have Brunt be the full-time co-host with McCown. If Brunt won’t do it then alternate between him and Bruce Arthur
    – Keep the noon hockey show but dump Millard. If Sportsnet insists on having one of their people host then give the host job to R.J. Broadhead
    – Keep the Game Plan and keep Jack Armstrong but take Eric Smith out and replace him with Stellick
    – Find a solid co-host for Hogan. Unfortunately this might not be easy if they are trying to cut costs
    – Get rid of Landry. Make a strong pitch to Brady for the morning show and find him a good co-host (again this might be easier said than done given the budget constraints). Hiring Brady away from 640 would improve the morning show while weakening Wilbur’s show at the same time
    – Leave the other guys (Lajoie, Seixeiro, Sammut, Erik Thomas, etc) on nights and weekends so that I never have to hear them

  10. LT says:

    Brody (I mean Brady) for the morning show!!! And I think Stellick would be just fine with Brady leading the way. While I’m not a fan of Landry for the FAN, it’s not to say he wouldn’t make a good morning show host for a station like 640 or Chum FM. Also, instead of recycling the same names that we know (and don’t necessarily love), why not do a little scouting and find some young talent in a small town….Dear FAN Management…do some leg work.

  11. Capn2patch says:

    @ Mike S – I like a lot of what you said.

  12. Julian says:

    I’m not sure how happy Stellick would be being in another timeslot but it’s better than nothing.

    Brady & someone younger in the morning slot makes sense. Good point by Mike S in that it would cripple the Watters Show. I have brought up before I have no idea where they’d turn with a Brady departure. However, I would think they might have him locked up for a longer period of time, which would prevent him from leaving.

    Wouldn’t he have the same contract length Watters does? It’s hard to know what they do with Wilbur when the time comes. It’s one thing to fire someone because they’re not getting you the results, it’s another to just say you’re too old and getting out of touch with too many things. Sensitive subject.

  13. Daniel says:

    True, Julian. Didn’t The Fan let Jim Hunt and Pat Marsden go due to the getting old factor? Shaky Hunt and Bob were great together.

  14. jet says:

    I stopped listening to the fan especially the morning show when i got xm radio. Espns, mike and mike, cowherd and gotlieb make the fan look like a highschool production. Stellick and Landry can’t carry the show thats why the have
    so many insiders. Eric and Jack are cool at least they don’t just talk hockey.

  15. Lawson says:

    I hope this is a sign some changes are coming. I have listened to the Fan for over decade and as much as I like hearing familiar voices it has gotten really stale.

    Mccown is still the best and untouchable as far as I am concerned. The Hockey at noon is very solid and I prefer listening to them than 680. Kypreos can be a bit of a meathead but they are at least entertaining.
    Jack adn Eric are ok. Not bad, not great.
    Hogan show is so boring now. I really miss Toth. I wish they had gotten rid of Hogan or give Toth the morning show. I thought he was a great fill-in for McCown.
    Which leaves the morning show, which is brutal. Can’t stand Landry. Stellick is okay, but the show is lame. Not funny, no interesting sports talk. Needs a new host now.

  16. Jeff Symons says:

    I work from home, so I listen to the Fan almost everyday, all day…This is how I would rank the daily, week day programming…(Best show of all is Inside the Lines)

    1. The Bullpen Mike Hogan..Great insight, good guests, its like you are listening to a friend.
    2. Hockey Central at noon, with Kypreos and/or MacLean
    3. The baseball at noon show
    4. Morning show…I dont get to hear much of this since it is too early for me..
    5. Game Plan….too basketball centric..but they do have good chemistry..
    6. Prime Time Sports…very over rated…sometimes I turn away during this segment…

    Also, please get rid of:
    Got Game

  17. Dan Piedra says:

    Morning show is atrocious … lost interest iover a year ago and they rarely have anything that keeps me on the station for more than 2-3 minutes. Not all listeners and fans of sports in Toronto are part of the infamous Leaf nation … give it a rest and let 640 pander to them. Give us well rounded coverage.

    Hogan is solid, but needs a Toth or similar personality to liven it up. Hockey at Noon is entertaining.

    The 1-4pm slot is unbearable … Jach and Eric have to go.
    McCown is untouchable and makes for great radio with either Brundt, Kelly, or others.

    Jeff Blair and Stormin Normin need to go to a station where sonmeone actually cares what they think. Stormin’s little charade is so old and yesterday that the only thing older is the Leaf’s dry-spell.

  18. Lorne says:

    Landry and Stellick…come now…their favourite sports are curling, CFL football, and their own slo pitch leagues…this should have happened ages ago…McG, obviously an untouchable…tells it like it is…his way…straight up…no apologies…Hogan was OK, just a little on the corny side with his forced cool talk…flicks gotta be cool to be cool…

  19. Nordia says:

    I think that the Fan needs a major overhaul! I must be the only person here who thinks that the Fan590 is waaaaayyyyy too hockey-centric.

    People complain about too much basketball talk on “The Game Plan”? So what!!!! I get irritated when, following a Raptors game, the callers that call in are CLEARLY interested in talking about the game but the host of the show is making references to hockey (this does not happen if the post game show is done by Eric Smith, Paul Jones, etc). I get irritated when, in the middle of summer, I hear the non-stop Maple Leafs talk. Does the Maple Leaf organization OWN Fan590?

    I thought that the Fan590 was supposed to be a sports station meaning that they do not dedicate +70% of the time devoted to hockey, most of that to the Leafs. There is this belief that is going around that people do not care about Basketball. Heck, if I listened to the Fan590 a lot I would probably think that there is only one sport (hockey). For a city that is so multicultural I find the Fan, most times, to be too one-dimensional.

    I am not saying that they need to spend half the day speaking basketball but they must understand that to the sports fan that likes all types of sports, listening the hockey all day, everyday, is not interesting.

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Donald Lee

Donald Lee fumbles on the Packers first drive.

The Green Bay Packers did everything they could to keep the Washington Redskins in the football game for four quarters. In the end, the Redskins finally took advantage to win 16-13 on a Graham Gano 33-yard field goal in overtime.

After a strong first half, the Packers offense failed to do anything of note in the second half. The passing game was out of sync and plagued by dropped passes. Without tight end Jermichael Finley, who was injured on the Packers’ first series, Aaron Rodgers and company looked pedestrian. Receiver Donald Driver was especially inefficient, missing several opportunities to make plays, even though he finished with four receptions for 58 yards. On the other hand, James Jones had perhaps his best effort of the year, catching four balls for 65 yards.

Rodgers finished 27-of-45 for 310 yards, one touchdown and in Brett Favre fashion, managed to throw the game away in overtime by throwing a ball behind Greg Jennings and into the hands of LaRon Landry.

Running back Brandon Jackson broke the 100-yard mark for the first time this season, finishing with 10 carries for 115 yards. Jackson’s day was buoyed by an early 71-yard run. Still, the Packers running game isn’t scaring anyone. The team had only 17 rushes on the day, four of which were by Rodgers.

Rookie tackle Bryan Bulaga, who started for Mark Tauscher, played well despite a couple penalties. In fact, he played better than Tauscher has all year. It’s hard to see how the Packers can take him out of the lineup. The other tackle, Chad Clifton, didn’t look quite as good, getting beaten continually by the younger, faster Brian Orakpo.

The Packers defense played well, making several opportune plays in the passing game and harassing Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb for most of the day. Clay Matthews was his usual disruptive self, adding 1.5 sacks, but the pass rush took a noticeable step backwards when Matthews went out with a hamstring injury in the third quarter. Cullen Jenkins provided a strong inside rush, even though he didn’t finish with any sacks.

Filling in for injured starter Nick Barnett, Desmond Bishop played a solid game, finishing with 12 tackles and a sack. Charlie Peprah, the Packers new starter at safety, looked fairly average. Although he acquitted himself well for most of the day, he did get beat on a couple of deep balls. Peprah finished with five tackles.

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Emmett Tyrrell

The book was the occasion for me to enter into a four-month correspondence with him back in 2007. I guess you would say that we became pen pals, hence my earlier mention of him as a "chum." The book abounds with false claims, false charges and errors, most of which are easily demonstrable. It is a perfect example of his penchant for exaggeration and, dare I say it, mendacity. Our correspondence displays his utter refusal to face fact. Are the Virginia Democrats going to put their money on him?

My favorite exaggeration is, as you will understand, his assertion on Page 58 that in The American Spectator, my editors and writers "cooked up the nonsense they put out against (President Bill) Clinton, alleging that he'd ordered the murder of political opponents." That is a serious charge, and I wrote him as soon as I was aware of it: "I have not been able to find such articles. Could you give me citations?" He failed to respond. Shortly thereafter, when I encountered him in the greenroom at MSNBC, he was evasive about my inquiry. Thus began our correspondence. Again I asked him to supply the citations for the articles wherein we claimed Clinton had ordered murders. He ducked. He weaved. He never came up with the evidence, which is not surprising. The American Spectator never published such charges. Yet he kept responding to my letters with his stubborn deceits -- weird!

He never backed down. He never admitted to his calumny, though he could provide no evidence, and if there had been evidence, he easily could have proved that he had not lied to his readers. There are two items here that Virginia Democrats might consider. My friend Terry is brazen. To make up such a charge against a magazine is also reckless; that is the second item. Another example of his recklessness is his repeated correspondence with me. A prudent politician never would have responded. Terry did, and we published the whole correspondence in our "Current Wisdom," a section of the magazine reserved for nonsense from notables.

As with his patrons, the Clintons, McAuliffe gets into trouble for no particularly good reason. Do the Virginia Democrats really want to put up a candidate with a penchant for self-inflicted wounds? I leave it to them on June 9.

Emmett Tyrrell

R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. is founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator and co-author of Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House.
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Ken Blackwell

Coal today may seem of little relevance to many residents of New York City or other American urban centers. It long ago ceased to fuel the furnaces of their homes and apartment buildings in winter.

But long after it disappeared from the uses most visible to city dwellers, coal is still the critical fuel behind the everyday functions of their lives. Across the U.S., for more than a century, coal has remained quietly at work – providing in recent years nearly half the electricity that lights urban buildings and streets, keeps air conditioners humming on hot days and energizes computers and TVs to inform and entertain. Electricity generated with coal powers the factories that produce all manner of food, clothing, cars and other goods for Americans everywhere.

Coal maintains that role with good reason. It is America’s most abundant energy resource; our coal reserves are the world’s largest, sufficient to last more than 250 years. That abundance makes coal affordable; over the decades its price has been far more stable that of another major power generation fuel, natural gas. And way below costs those promising but still-unproven resources, solar and wind power.

Meanwhile, science has made coal a much cleaner fuel. Utilities’ use of coal for power generation has jumped more than 180 percent since 1970 but emissions from those plants have plummeted 75 percent. And the march of technology promises even cleaner coal in the years ahead.

Apparently, all those facts have escaped the attention of New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg. This month, he marshaled 90 U.S. mayors behind a campaign of misinformation that could in short order end the use of coal for power generation – and in doing so wipe out America’s historic coal industry.

In a letter to the EPA Administrator, Bloomberg and his fellow mayors expressed strong support for new air quality regulations that will shut down coal fired power generation on the grounds that coal is too “dirty” and must immediately be replaced with generation fueled by natural gas, solar and wind power.

Joining Mayor Bloomberg on the letter were my successor as Mayor of Cincinnati, Mark Mallory, two other Ohio mayors (Michael Coleman of Columbus and Bruce Rinker of Mayfield Village), the senior elected officials of big cities from Atlanta to Boston Chicago, Denver, Houston and Los Angeles, and the chief executives of smaller but staunchly “progressive” strongholds such as Burlington, VT, Takoma Park, MD, Maui County, HI, and Decatur, GA.

With one stroke of the pen, all wrote off the fuel that has helped make possible a century of economic growth in their cities. They accepted the higher electric rates that utility executives say are certainly on the way as today’s historically low natural gas prices zoom upward while wind and solar power, for the foreseeable future, remain very expensive.

The mayors also agreed, in signing that letter, to condemn the jobs of 555,000 Americans who mine, transport, market and utilize coal, along with their combined annual income of $36.3 billion.

All of this comes less than a year after Mayor Bloomberg announced plans to donate $50 million to the Sierra Club to support its nationwide campaign to eliminate coal-fired power plants.

On many levels, I have great respect and admiration for my fellow Republican, Mayor Bloomberg. Elected in the dark days just after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, he helped rebuild the city both physically and emotionally. In that and other roles he has followed a course of pragmatic progressivism, addressing public concerns on social – and environmental – issues with a common-sense approach that recognizes economic realities.

So I am surprised and very disappointed that he would lead his mayoral colleagues in demonizing a valuable American energy resource, assuring higher utility bills for Americans still strapped by a slow economic recovery, and wiping out one of our oldest industries.

My personal commitment to cleaning up and protecting our environment runs deep. I’m proud of the progress America has made these past 40 years from a land of smoggy skylines and dead rivers to one that is getting cleaner by the day.

But I also understand that our environmental ideals must be balanced with recognition of our economic challenges, both short- and long-term. We can’t build a stronger economy and create the millions of jobs we need if we’re paying sharply higher utility bills and killing a half million good-paying jobs in the process.

Numerous polls show that the majority of Americans share that pragmatism. I thought Michael Bloomberg was among them, until I saw that letter to the EPA Administrator.

Ken Blackwell

Ken Blackwell, a contributing editor at Townhall.com, is a senior fellow at the Family Research Council and the American Civil Rights Union and is on the board of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. He is the co-author of the bestseller The Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency, on sale in bookstores everywhere..
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Progressive Irony

Paul Jacob

8/18/2013 12:00:36 AM - Paul Jacob

The left’s war on Walmart ramped up a notch a few weeks ago, when a higher-up in the Bentonville, Arkansas, company let loose with an email defending the big box store’s wage policies.

As reported at The Daily Beast, Steve Restivo, “a senior director of communications at Walmart,” took umbrage with an online campaign at the progressive magazine The Nation, blurbing an email with the subject line “people in glass houses.”

Restivo effectively deflected a few stones.

The Nation’s campaign was designed to rally protest against the low wages paid at Walmart — to bring up the average wage way above the national minimum. Restivo’s email noted, on the other hand, that wage policies at the august journal suffered a bigger embarrassment:

The Nation — “America’s leading progressive print and online magazine”— recently encouraged its readers to sign an open letter demanding that Walmart increase wages to $12/hour and this article called our company one of the “biggest abusers of low-wage labor.”
In an ironic twist, ProPublica recently reported that starting this fall, “interns at the Nation Institute will be paid minimum wage for the first time in the history of the 30-year-old program.” As ProPublica noted, The Nation has been paying its full-time interns a weekly stipend of $150 per week — less than the current federal minimum wage rate of $7.25 per hour.

Furthermore, Reason’s Katherine Mangu-Ward archly noted that the foundation funding The Nation’s internship program, in planning to up the compensation for said interns, expects to employ two fewer than previously. Exactly. When prices and profits remain unchanged, but one input’s costs rise, you make do with less of that input. This is a classic case against the minimum wage: artificially raise the wages and fewer workers will be employed at the higher rate.

Something’s gotta give. Businesses don’t run on magic and wishful thinking.

At Common Sense I made two additional points against The Nation’s oh-so-typical swipe at the big box store:

  1. The Nation writes as if Walmart employees are victims of stinginess. But these workers choose to work at the big company because that company offers them the best deal. If some other company were offering more, they’d work elsewhere. Are they victims or victors? After all, what would Walmart workers’ wages be if Walmart hadn’t employed them? More? Not plausible. Plus, Walmart’s mom-and-pop competition typically pay lower wages. Almost never do leftist critics mention the possibility that Walmart, if forced to pay higher wages by law or social pressure, might choose different (perhaps higher-skilled) workers. Like in most discussions of the minimum wage, leftists (and even left-leaning centrists) blank out on the issue of opportunity cost, supporting policies that might as well be designed to hurt most the people they say they aim to help.
  2. The Nation makes much of the concept of a “living wage,” focusing on the idea of a Walmart worker supporting a typical “family of four.” If you imagine yourself as benevolent overlord, this perspective can seem awfully persuasive. Then you realize that you aren’t an overlord, your benevolence is probably more fantasy than reality, and the whole perspective is ineffectual. Markets aren’t run by overlords. After all, whose responsibility is it to feed “a family of four”? The employer of one family member? No. The parents in the family, who might be morally compelled to develop more lucrative skills or a plan for contraception or abstinence. Of course, many Walmart workers are single, or have spouses or parents who work as well — thus obviating the alleged compulsion that Walmart set wages that would, in every case, allow one person to support three dependents.

Lurking behind the critique of Walmart is a strange view of business. . . . very old-fashioned. It is almost as if progressives see big businesses as little different from slave plantations. When the masters treat the slaves well, then left-leaning critics might give them a pass. But when the masters don’t meet up to some imposed standard, then the masters are said to be evil.

To the left, employers remain “masters.” And workers remain “slaves.” The terms of the wage contracts that would prove otherwise get little or no respect. You can tell by progressives’ willingness to override or prohibit any contract they don’t approve of.

This weird institutional bias seems to dominate leftist imagination. The institutions are there to employ workers, and they are under obligations more specific than merely living up to their contracts. The reason to treat workers well is entirely a matter of “morality,” of “humanity,” and not business sense or contract. That is, the only reason businesses do not drain and drink the blood of their employees is because governments, urged by well-meaning activists, prohibit such acts.

Not mentioned? The business reasons contra-indicating the draining of employee blood.

The bias assumes radical inequality: Workers have few obligations; employers have many. And yet every wage contract is between two parties. Both have some negotiating room. Both can reject offers. It is commonly said that businesses have more options than workers do, considering competition amongst laborers, but that depends on skill levels, and time and place. Generally, the higher the skill set of a worker, the higher the pay — and the more options. It’s related to productivity, to something economists call “marginal product,” but apparently no wants to talk about that. Even ignoring productivity, just looking at the numbers game of supply and demand competition, the more employers there are the more workers will bid up wages (that’s one reason why most wages aren’t as low as they are at Walmart, or its competitors).

So you might think that those who say they want higher wages would try to minimize the obstacles to business formations and capital accumulation.

But you’d be wrong.

Indeed, they take the opposite approach: attack successful big businesses as a sort of compensation to help more struggling businesses. Whether from the desks of The Nation or the geniuses in the District of Columbia’s ruling body (who have recently been favoring some big box stores over others), the demand of the moment is for the bigger outfits to pay wages substantially higher than smaller businesses would be forced to pay. This, they reason, might help favor the small at the expense of the big.

Maybe. But it’s not the only effect of the policy.

Raising the costs to the successful stores means that the lower prices offered by those stores will not so effectively reach the mass of consumers, many of whom are poor. Indeed, considering the effects on consumer prices of the left’s obsession with big box stores, I have to wonder: who really is being served by all this?

As near as I can make out, only the progressives themselves. Their desire to interpose between producer and worker, consumer and producer, shows no consistency other than that of a meddler, a puritanical scold who “always knows best.”

But does fewer people working at higher wages paying higher prices for goods make any sense?

Not if you’re poor.

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Kin of Conn. fire victims thankful for compassion

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1/5/2012 12:07:40 AM - AP News

Relatives of three young sisters killed in a Christmas morning fire in Connecticut say they've been touched by the compassion they've received from around the world.

The Hartford Courant newspaper ( reports family friend Kate Askew said Wednesday after a Manhattan wake for the girls the "incredible outpouring of love and compassion" has touched the family deeply "through this unbearable tragedy." She says it's an "incredibly difficult time."

The fire killed 7-year-old twins Grace and Sarah Badger, 10-year-old Lily Badger and their maternal grandparents at a home in Stamford.

The girls' mother is New York City advertising executive Madonna Badger. She and her friend Michael Borcina survived the fire. The girls' father, Matthew Badger, was in Manhattan at the time.

A funeral is scheduled for Thursday.

Authorities say embers in a bag of discarded fireplace ashes started the blaze.

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KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 14 people, including three NATO soldiers and four police, and wounded 37 in volatile Khost province in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, a NATO spokeswoman and local officials said.

A U.S. official in Washington confirmed the three soldiers killed were Americans serving in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. Six civilians and an Afghan interpreter also died in the attack.

A witness told Reuters a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform struck as U.S. soldiers patrolled the city of Khost. A NATO spokeswoman confirmed only that the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.

Provincial Governor Abdul Jabar Nahimi said the bomber had been riding a motorcycle packed with explosives and that 37 civilians were wounded in the blast.

The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility, although Afghan insurgents are quick to claim any successful attack on foreign troops as their own.

The bombing followed the killing of two Americans on Sunday in an exchange of fire with Afghan forces that took the death toll of U.S. military and civilian personnel to over 2,000 in the 11-year war.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta phoned the Afghan defense and interior ministers on Monday to discuss the continuing development of Afghan security forces and ways of preventing insider attacks on NATO and Afghan forces.

It was the first time Panetta had spoken to Afghan Defence Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi and Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang since their appointments to the positions. Mohammadi previously served as interior minister.

Panetta complimented Mohammadi and Patang on the increasing professionalism and capabilities of the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police, Pentagon spokesman George Little said. The three also talked about continuing to develop the Afghan security forces and working to prevent insider attacks, he said.

Insider attacks by members of the Afghan security forces against NATO allies have resulted in 52 deaths this year among foreign forces. They have prompted a tightening of rules for joint patrols between coalition and Afghan forces.

(Reporting by Elyas Wahdat; additional reporting by David Alexander in Washington; writing by Rob Taylor; editing by Nick Macfie and Mohammad Zargham)