Comments on: The Power and the Glory http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/12/29/the-power-and-the-glory/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sat, 25 May 2013 18:32:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: OldYanksFan http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/12/29/the-power-and-the-glory/#comment-250837 OldYanksFan Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:08:12 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=27553#comment-250837 And in a little baseball news: <b>Mets get Bay for 4 years, $66M</b> I guess the Mutts are pretty desparate these days. It's not a terrible deal, but I don't think he will post Fenway numbers. Better them then us. And in a little baseball news:
Mets get Bay for 4 years, $66M
I guess the Mutts are pretty desparate these days.
It’s not a terrible deal, but I don’t think he will post Fenway numbers.
Better them then us.

]]> By: weeping for brunnhilde http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/12/29/the-power-and-the-glory/#comment-250836 weeping for brunnhilde Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:58:23 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=27553#comment-250836 Haven't read it, but I had a friend at the Columbia J-School years back and it was required so I learned a lot about it from talking to him. I've read the excerpts on LBJ that were published in the New Yorker a few years back. Very compelling read. Haven’t read it, but I had a friend at the Columbia J-School years back and it was required so I learned a lot about it from talking to him.

I’ve read the excerpts on LBJ that were published in the New Yorker a few years back. Very compelling read.

]]> By: mhoward120 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/12/29/the-power-and-the-glory/#comment-250835 mhoward120 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:58:33 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=27553#comment-250835 By all means, do read The Power Broker. It is absolutely wonderful. If you live on Long Island, ever wonder why the Northern State breaks away southeasterly from the LIE before the Meadowbrook and then heads back up in a northeastern direction? You'll find the answer in this book. By all means, do read The Power Broker. It is absolutely wonderful. If you live on Long Island, ever wonder why the Northern State breaks away southeasterly from the LIE before the Meadowbrook and then heads back up in a northeastern direction? You’ll find the answer in this book.

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/12/29/the-power-and-the-glory/#comment-250834 RagingTartabull Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:09:41 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=27553#comment-250834 I did a little Amazon shopping yesterday with a gift card I got. Picked up the new Bill Simmons (it was $12 and I was gonna read it eventually anyway), "The Fifties" by Halberstam, and "Honor Thy Father" by Gay Talese. A productive little shopping spree if I do say so myself. I did a little Amazon shopping yesterday with a gift card I got.

Picked up the new Bill Simmons (it was $12 and I was gonna read it eventually anyway), “The Fifties” by Halberstam, and “Honor Thy Father” by Gay Talese. A productive little shopping spree if I do say so myself.

]]> By: Levi Stahl http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/12/29/the-power-and-the-glory/#comment-250833 Levi Stahl Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:06:04 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=27553#comment-250833 It's a fantastic book. I read it all over the course of a week-long family vacation about ten years ago, and I still think about it every time I'm in New York. Page after page of great stories about fascinating (and sometimes horrible) people and changes in thinking about urban life that we're still dealing with today. What I <I>haven't</I> read is Caro's billion-page, multi-volume, not-yet-completed Lyndon Johnson bio. Someday. It’s a fantastic book. I read it all over the course of a week-long family vacation about ten years ago, and I still think about it every time I’m in New York. Page after page of great stories about fascinating (and sometimes horrible) people and changes in thinking about urban life that we’re still dealing with today.

What I haven’t read is Caro’s billion-page, multi-volume, not-yet-completed Lyndon Johnson bio. Someday.

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/12/29/the-power-and-the-glory/#comment-250832 RagingTartabull Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:04:22 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=27553#comment-250832 I gave it the ol' college try 2 summers ago. I got about 320 pages in and felt like I had made no progress whatsoever and gave up...I might give it another shot at some point though. I did read the first volume of Caro's LBJ magnum opus in full, and THAT was great. I gave it the ol’ college try 2 summers ago. I got about 320 pages in and felt like I had made no progress whatsoever and gave up…I might give it another shot at some point though.

I did read the first volume of Caro’s LBJ magnum opus in full, and THAT was great.

]]> By: Raf http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/12/29/the-power-and-the-glory/#comment-250831 Raf Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:53:02 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=27553#comment-250831 I've read bits and pieces of it. It's a tough book to put down because there is so much information in it. I can imagine that there was so much that was left out. Fascinating time in our city history I’ve read bits and pieces of it. It’s a tough book to put down because there is so much information in it. I can imagine that there was so much that was left out.

Fascinating time in our city history

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