Those Were the Days

I remember my first Bell bicycle helmet, which I got the summer of ’79 at a bike shop in North Haven, CT. They were new, back then, and big, and clunky, and expensive–If I recall correctly, it was around $50 (an on-line inflation calculator says that’s equivalent to $150 today). Take a look. I was…

Hail, Caesar!

Michael Bloomberg is set to run for a third term. The City Council decided to give it to him–despite the fact that term limits had been imposed by public referenda over a decade ago. Paul Moses comments at Commonweal. Newsday: [Queens Democrat Tony Avella said,] “You’re not conning anybody. The public of this city knows…