Quaking

NYC book fair, Park Avenue Armory. Photo by Anadolu/Getty Images, posted at theguardian.com:

Among the many celebrations of April 5th, it’s Walk to Work Day. I’ve been doing that for a while now. Minutes after I reached my book nook this morning, people began asking if I felt the earthquake. I did not. For some reason it seems like those who were inside felt it, those outside didn’t, at least among my small sample. A lovely young woman said it lasted a long ten seconds. Lynn was in her doctor’s office and said the room shook so violently she had to hold onto to the chair she was in. She still seemed shaken when she related it to me more than an hour after the fact. Sam said it was the largest tremor he’d ever felt and that a couple of items fell to the floor of his apartment. Eddie felt nothing in the lobby of his building when two spooked women got off the elevator. He thought they were nuts. I was interested to see if anything in my apartment was out of place. No. Photo from NYT:

Headline from foxnews.com: “Backlash against wind and solar projects is real, it’s global and it’s growing.” Again, I’m not against green energy, but as presently constituted it should be only a supplement.

There was good news today on the job front — provided those created weren’t part time, as some claim. Here’s an interesting counterpoint to the economic argument, from FN: “Travel and tourism to break records globally, bring over $11 trillion in 2024.” I still believe AI will save the world economy from the sins of politicians.

And another opinion in this new book, photo from amazon.com:

From FN: “Spike in number of illegal Chinese immigrants becoming national security issue.” It often seems the USA is committing suicide. Let’s hope the progressives are simply imbued with a knowledge that many of us do not understand.

The weather is still unfriendly toward curbside business, a stiff breeze and no sunshine until late in today’s session of the Anti-Inflation Book Shop. My thanks to local porter Robert, who donated four thrillers; and to the gentleman who bought The Catcher in the Rye and Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger, and The Old Man and the Sea and The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway; and to Herbie, who purchased The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager and Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly.

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