Thanks! Amongst many other things it was very nice to be able, however briefly, to acknowledge so much good stuff from people like yourself during the talk.

Thanks!

Meanwhile “We need to have a hard conversation” means “You don’t even have to be in the room; just me and my friends”.

Yeah there is; I haven’t played with it in ages.

Named for the famous Arab historian, philosopher, and proto-sociologist Ibn Khalzon

In fact not! Abe Beame (Mayor 1974-77) was born in London.