Friday, August 11, 2017

SANDY McINTOSH ON DONALD TRUMP

MHP Managing Editor Sandy McIntosh writes an editorial, "How young Trump was slapped and punched until he made his bed" in the New York Daily News! You can access the article HERE, and here's an excerpt:
My last conversation with Donald Trump was at the New York Military Academy, where we were both cadets. It was 1964, the year he graduated. We were walking together near the baseball field where, he reminded me, he’d played exceptionally well. He demanded that I tell him the story of one of his greatest games. 
“The bases were loaded,” I told him. “We were losing by three. You hit the ball just over the third baseman’s head. Neither the third baseman nor the left fielder could get to the ball in time. All four of our runs came in; we won the game.” 
“No,” he said. “That’s not the way it happened. I want you to remember this: I hit the ball out of the ballpark! Remember that. I hit it out of the ballpark!” 
Ballpark? I thought. We were talking about a high school practice field. There was no park to hit a ball out of. And anyway, his hit was a blooper the fielders misplayed.


Sunday, August 6, 2017

PAUL PINES' MEMOIR OF TIN PALACE!

Paul Pines (Paul A. Pines) takes us on a magical tour of the history of the Tin Palace, his 1970s jazz club. He captures a place, an era, and an art.

You are invited to read see his memoir at Numero Cinq.


Tin Palace entry by Ray Ross -- click on image to enlarge.