Here's a fairly-uncommon sight these days: a price cut

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127 Stanwich Road, which was launched on the resale waters last March at $5.250 million, has, after a suitable period of price discovery, been dropped to $4.750. The owners paid $4.450 million for it when it was new in 2006, put in a pool and made other improvements, so to see no appreciation over 18 years must come as a disappointment.

This may serve as a reminder to other buyers during this period of irrational exuberance that we went through the same thing back in 2002-2007, and the aftermath was pretty ugly for a long time.

Video here.

I think this is a great idea — in fact, if I were a parent of young children, I’d keep them off cellphones entirely — but I suspect this will go nowhere.

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Two Greenwich moms want schools to ban cellphones 'bell to bell;' 700 people signed petition for it

"Every hour that (kids are) on that is preventing them from exploring a hobby that at 11, 12 and 13 years old, they need the chance to explore who they are and what they like and what they don't like, not spend all that time scrolling, having the internet tell them who they are, what they like, what they don't like, how they should feel about themselves," she said.

"We believe that the current 'not during class' practice is not enough and implementing a phone-free policy (bell to bell) will enhance the educational experience for all students in Greenwich Public Schools," the petition reads. "We respectfully request that the Board of Education take this step toward improving our children's learning environment and overall well-being."

I read an increasing number of studies that detail the horrendous effects social media, sped along by cellphones, has had on young children over the past decade-and-a-half, and i think it’s a tragedy. There’s no putting this particular technological genie back in the bottle, but delaying children’s exposure it might help mitigate the damage.


It doesn't matter what THEY want to see, it matters what WE want them to see!

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enemies of the people


A New York Times columnist has slammed the producers of the blockbuster hit 'Twisters' for not including a climate change plot - after the film's anti-woke storyline was credited for huge box office takings. 

Margaret Renkl called out director Lee Isaac Chung in a scathing opinion piece published Monday, criticizing his decision to omit any reference to global warming in the film's plot- after he said he doesn't believe films are meant to be 'message-oriented.' 

The movie, a long-awaited sequel to the 1996 hit 'Twister', stars Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones as storm chasers battling extreme weather. It's been tearing up the box office, with many crediting its success to an approach that avoids political messaging.

In her review, the columnist reflects on the dissonance between the film's dramatic portrayal of increasingly violent tornadoes and its complete silence on the broader implications of climate change.

She argued: 'Artifacts of popular culture have always had immense power to articulate changing attitudes, engage empathy and open firmly resistant mind.

'With MAGA politicians at every level denying that climate change even exists, real climate legislation is now nearly impossible to pass,' she continued. 'And with the Supreme Court determined to quash all executive-branch efforts to address the changing climate, too, we seem to be at the mercy of artists to save us.'

And this naive filmmaker doesn’t get it, yet.

Earlier this month, Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung has opened up on why the blockbuster doesn't address climate change or global warming.

Chung told CNN: 'I just wanted to make sure that with the movie, we don't ever feel like it is putting forward any message.

'I just don't feel like films are meant to be message-oriented, I think what we are doing is showing the reality of what's happening on the ground … we don't shy away from saying that things are changing.

'I wanted to make sure that we are never creating a feeling that we're preaching a message, because that's certainly not what I think cinema should be about. I think it should be a reflection of the world.'

Sale prices reported

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Watchtower Lane

15 Watchtower Lane, Havemeyer, $3.750 million asked, $3,890 million paid by Long Island City “newcomers” — from Venezuela? Eleven days on market.

Hendrie Avenue, Riverside

8 Hendrie Avenue closed today at $3,312, 500 — asking price was $3,350 million. Built in 1880, with electricity and indoor plumbing added since. Buyers are from the Denver/Aurora area. 12 days on market.

We're in for quite ride; while it lasts

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Elizabeth Warren: Yes, Kamala Will Grant Citizenship to All Illegals

Elizabeth Warren confirmed this morning that Kamala Harris will work with Congress to grant citizenship to the tens of millions of illegals inside our country.

Here’s what she said:

“I believe we need to create a pathway to citizenship. All of that is a part of what we need to do for comprehensive immigration reform. Kamala Harris will work with Congress and get that done.”

I know this isn’t a shock to you or me – we know this about her. But the media is trying to whitewash her record as a radical leftist and I’m glad Warren, who served with her in the Senate and knows her very well, said this for all to here.

Kamala will reward illegals with citizenship, which means more and more will continue to come. And she will let them all in.

Unrelated, but related:

William Barr: The growing threat behind Biden's Supreme Court proposal

Americans need to understand that the campaign to radically change the Court is coming.  While current proposals like term limits for the longest-serving justices and an imposed code of ethics threaten the Constitution and the separation of powers, the far left is demanding that Court be packed with additional liberal justices.  Whoever the Democrat nominee for President is, if they win, that is exactly what will happen, and it only takes a majority vote and the signature of the President.

In fact, presumptive nominee VP Kamala Harris, who received Biden’s wholehearted endorsement, has already expressed support, stating she was "absolutely open" to court packing.

Transforming the Supreme Court into another partisan body would destroy the independence of the judiciary and threaten the civil liberties of all Americans.  Concerning such an idea, then-Senator Biden once said that changing the structure of the Court was "a bonehead idea" that would "put in question … the independence of the … Supreme Court."  He was right.  The last thing we need in this country right now is a Supreme Court coup that would threaten our democratic republic.