NY State has 56 of the Forbes 400 billionaires

Interesting article if you like this sort of stuff. It includes the entire NY list. None of them are my clients (Unfortunately… just one would have set me up….). Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is worth an estimated $109 billion, is the richest person in New York, according to the Forbes 400 … Read more

WSJ: “The Charlie Kirk Example”

Politicians of both parties who've said "this is not who we are" … well they are wrong, unfortunately it is who we are. See the 2nd paragraph below.  A good column by Kimberly Strassel, the Wall Street Journal columnist.  The sickest aspect of Wednesday’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is that it was everything … Read more

Friday cocktail – the Coffee Old Fashioned

We’ve had it two ways as we’ve varied the ratios – see the Farandaville efforts below the video. Very nice drink. Not sure which ratio below we prefer.    Farandaville variations – Using Sazerac rye whisky and Tia Maria coffee liqueur 1.5 Oz rye whiskey  1 Oz coffee liqueur  2 dashes orange bitters  Second option … Read more

Charlie Kirk – commentary and emotion on CNBC

This morning on Squawk Box, the former Speaker of the House and a former US Senator. Interesting that the progressive host on the show says his two 14 year old sons followed Charlie Kirk. He had been on Squawk Box about three weeks ago  promoting his book but I had scrolled past that interview.