MattM

That was because they didn't like his judicial views on various issues and/or may have suspected (correctly, it turns out) that he wasn't being truthful in his responses at the hearings. I've never seen anyone attack his actual qualifications, including education and work experience, as is done repeatedly with KBJ.

What stain of DEI? She got roughly the same grades as Gorsuch with almost twice the workload. She was also (literally) a national champion debater in high school. I thought you guys were all about demonstrated objective merit? Or is that only a one-way street? As noted, he was not an academic superstar (relative to HLS), not even graduating towards the top of the class, but you for some reason only focus on those things for her. Why is that? For the record, I was actually friendly with the guy (he was fun to grab a drink with and shoot the *****) despite our political differences, so bear him no personal ill will despite my disappointment with his decisions and his crossing his fingers behind his back during his confirmation hearings. I just find it hysterical how you folks are so willfully blind on this issue.

As noted, regardless of how KBJ was on law review, she in fact was on law review, meaning she worked 20-30 hours/week on it and still had grades as good as Gorsuch based on them both graduating ***** laude (as did I and about 30-40% of my class--the top 10-15% (including Obama, BTW) graduated magna). Not being on law review, Gorsuch didn't have that 20-30/week burden. Yet she's the one you folks love to attack as somehow unworthy and unqualified. I wonder why? Not "up to snuff"? Where did you get your law degree? Prager U? Did she lie to the Senate during her confirmation hearing on Roe being settled precedent (I believe Kavanaugh even used the term "Super Precedent")? Did she decide to make the President a king in that ridiculous immunity decision? (Don't worry, though, the Court will reverse that one so fast it will make your head spin if and when a Democrat is allowed to become President again.)

What were Gorsuch's qualifications, especially as compared to hers? Academically she certainly objectively had the better record as noted above (but no high-powered mother to smooth the way, perhaps). Why are her qualifications questioned repeatedly by conservatives, but not his?

Not the question I asked. Nice deflection. What were Gorsuch's? To stick with the quantifiable, her academic credentials are superior to his, no matter how you slice it. She made law review--he didn't. Despite working 20-30 hours/week on law review as an editor (no matter how she got on), she graduated with the same honors he did. The dirty little secret conservatives don't want to admit is that there are so few of them at elite educational institutions that they can almost instantly become public stars on the right, either on the bench or at think tanks. Smart liberals are relatively a dime per several dozen in those spaces. In his case, having a mother who was a Cabinet secretary under Reagan (a political nepo baby, if you will) certainly didn't hurt. Full disclosure--I was in his law school (and, coincidentally, also college) class. He was considered smart, but not brilliant. Obama (who graduated magna despite working 40 plus hours/week as LR EIC) was widely considered brilliant by people on both sides of the aisle. Didn't know Gorsuch in college, but did know him socially in law school through mutual friends (including Ken Mehlman, former RNC head who ran W's 2004 "Guns and Gays" campaign that maligned gay people to whip up the base--of course, 5 years later Ken comes out of the closet--and says "oops!") and got along with him on a personal level even if my politics are very different (much like the worlds we came from). Very disappointed in him on the bench so far, including his lying to the Senate at his confirmation hearings on Roe.

You know who didn't even make law review (and thus was spared working 20 plus hours a week on it in addition to classes) and "only" graduated ***** laude from HLS (just like KBJ)? Neil Gorsuch. Funny that no one ever questions his credentials, isn't it? Why might that be?

He might have broken a toe on that to boot (see what I did there?).....

Just got the email--they priced it right where I thought they would. About $600 for my pair of seats. Now I just need to find a spot in the house for them.....

Neneh Cherry's "Buffalo Stance" I believe

Great interview with one of my favorite character actors and famous Bills fans, William/Bill Fichtner. Especially love the intetview’s ending when he raced off to watch the Bills game! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/arts/television/william-fichtner-talamasca-the-secret-order.html

Not just that, but we saw a lot of him here in the New York area media and seemed like just a great guy off the field, too. May he rest in peace....

It's just science

That was great pulling up the theme music on his phone

I've done that, too--it ships surprisingly well

Love both Abbott's and Pittsford Dairy ice cream. Someone opened an Abbott's about 40 miles from us here in Westchester about a decade ago and I made my wife and kids drive there--worth it. Also once had a conversation with Kim Pegula down here about how Wegmans and Abbott's were two pilgrimage staples of every trip home. Grew up in ER, so am waiting for Hard Knocks to showcase a midnight beer run to the ER Alcoplex next.....

Is that you, Dale Gribble?

The thinking might be to give the backup kicker the opportunity, since the street kicker won't make the team

Dane Jackson

Good advice above. I’m old enough to remember Yankees bleacher tix being $1.50–we were incensed when they doubled them to $3! Totally agree on the downtown advice—I’ve been an uptown/UWS guy most of my life (preference-wise; I’ve lived in the ‘burbs for ages), but only recently discovered downtown (thanks, kids!) Great bookstores, restaurants/bars/cafes, shops, vintage movie theaters, Washington Square park, etc. I go in and hang there most weekends. And there’s a Wegmans on Astor Place. Off the beaten path, non-sports suggestions— Central Park—just walking around from any entrance. Museums—world-class. Met (most variety), Guggenheim/MoMA/Whitney—all more modern, Frick House—older stuff. My favorite part of living here. Yakitori Totto—55th and 8th. Great Japanese izikaya bar food. Meat skewers. Great stuff. Not cheap, but not super expensive either. The kind of place you don’t find often outside Japan. Broadway/Off-Broadway—world class theater. You can do a month visiting here and still not see it all—enjoy!

He looks like a John Hughes movie villain....

And considering how bad the Jags might be (for example of Lawrence gets hurt), that might be a very valuable pick next year. Am I misremembering, but didn't someone once move up from 10 to 3 for just a 3rd? Raiders-Dolphins?

If I recall correctly you were originally using McDaniel’s record as an Ivy walk-on to imply that he would be respected by NFL players as being similar to them in a way they’d respect from an athletic perspective. But the level of athletic talent in the Ivy League generally (much less at the literal bottom of the roster) is a whole lot lower than the NFL much less major college ball/conferences that they almost literally all come from, so I’m not sure about your supposition. They may respect his hard work as a coach, but I highly doubt they give much thought to his record as a player. And the Ivies have a policy that anyone who gets in gets the money to go. That’s how I attended—my parents made about $25k/yr in today’s dollars….

Oh, he did work hard—but he did not have the talent to be recruited or to play in games and the coaching staff let him walk on because the Ivies aren’t the cut throat world of the major conferences you were mentioning in the same breadth with them as if they are comparable. You also initially (and incorrectly) talked about Ivy kids getting scholarships which they don’t. i can ask my nephew next time I see him. He coaches at Princeton.

Apparently not in the Ivy League…..

Did you miss the part of me knowing someone who didn’t start in HS being an Ivy League walk on?