Diana B. Henriques
@dianabhenriques
Six books include "Taming the Street," on FDR's historic financial reforms, and NYT bestseller 'The Wizard of Lies,' on Madoff's historic fraud, now an HBO movie. A half-century of writing and reading. Loves life, really loves puppies.
Long may it wave over a land that is free and a home that is brave. Be strong, beloved America.
Here's another picture of my puppy working harder than the GOP senators:
Here is a photo of my puppy working harder than the GOP senators.
Spotted today: The economists at the Papaya Dog outlet in Hoboken NJ have updated their forecast.
Robert S. McElvaine's introduction to the 25th anniversary edition of his masterful Depression history offers an excellent rebuttal to the Coolidge case against FDR:
Great #NoKings energy in Hoboken! The message: It isn't radical to care for all our neighbors, to respect the Constitution, to protect our voting rights, to demand due process, to condemn corruption. These are the values of those who love America.
Hoboken and Jersey City turn out to show what democracy looks like!
Sparky really, really doesn't like snow. Or ice. Or ICE. Perk up, puppy. Things are going to get better...
A Tiffany-blue tugboat sets off up the Hudson to collect a garbage barge. Life on a working river...just a sweet normal morning in a crazy world.
Hoboken's Pier C Park looks magical in the untracked snow. Stay warm and safe, folks!
I'm sure we're all glad that employers no longer feel so bad about laying workers off into a sputtering economy. So much nicer for the bosses if they aren't agonizing over the joblessness they inflict, right? 🤨
Home from early voting at Hoboken City Hall, where the lovely volunteers showed me how to cast my provisional ballot* and insisted Sparky get an "I Voted" sticker too. Have you voted? It would make Sparky very happy if you have! *My mail-in ballot package arrived without an actual ballot.
What I did today. The Lincoln Center revival of this profoundly humane, timely, and glorious show is perfect. Simply perfect.
Nearing Times Square - a sea of people! Signs: When Cruelty Becomes Normal, Compassion l Looks Radical!
Excited to be heading into the NYC edition of #NoKings on a double bus that's SRO before we're even out of Hoboken! Signs, flags, kids, boomers - wonderful!!
Two great little books on the FCC's right-wing past: "The Red Scare, Politics, and the FCC, 1941-1960," by Susan L. Brinson; and "No Lamb for Slaughter," an autobiography by Edward Lamb.
Do you need a smile? Sparky thinks we all need a smile. Listen to Sparky...
I can't single-handedly make the country safer and more democratic today. But I can make these beautiful local farm products into a giant batch of ratatouille. Remember to refuel, folks.
What a delight to connect with the great Ray Suarez at the Cathedral Church of St Paul in Burlington today! He'll be at the Worthen Library in South Hero Wednesday at 6:30pm. His message is timely and powerful - a voice of compassion in cruel times.
Another reminder. The fight is long. Refuel with loveliness.
I'd like to report an historical timeline in Key West that attributes the city's survival of the Great Depression to President Herbert Hoover. Or is that okay?
For reasons unrelated to today's distressing climate for civil liberties, I spent the weekend reading the late John A. Salmond's superb biography of Clifford J. Durr, a Southern who faced the earliest stirrings of McCarthyism with courage and tenacity. I'll share a few bits...
Sparky is pretty alarmed about the Trump administration's defiance of court orders and hopes you are too.
#HandOff The crowd hits Fifth Avenue and moves south. It's a huge, peaceful, passionate crowd. So glad to be here!!