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New owners of Brooks Brothers signal their intentions. https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/exclusive-the-brooks-brothers-playbook-includes-more-sportswear-e-comm-and-fun-1234664703/ This might or might not be behind a paywall. Basically, sounds like they are going for a more upscale version...

Sad day. At one level, this is just part of the major retrenchment that you see in all parts of the retail industry. The acceleration due to the downturn means that Brooks needs to file to break their long-term leases. Going back to 100 or 50 or 20 stores might not be so bad. On the other hand...

Jewel thieves Allan Kuhn and Jack "Murph the Surf" Murphy, 1964

Evacuating U.S. embassy at Phnom Penh 1975

Charles McCarry

Sociologist Nathan Glazer RIP

^It seems like old movies are going to need to be colorized if they are going to survive beyond our generation. I wonder how hard it is to colorize seersucker. True, though I suspect "Mockingbird" might have a real impact as a play.

Sorry, kids. College is over-rated anyway.

Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch

End of an Era

Smarter people than me can write about his literary importance. But underated as a style icon.

Buddy Rich

Seems like he mostly played soldiers or cowboys. Even in those roles that he wore a suit, his character was deliberately uncomfortable, like Mr. Deeds.

One of the usual suspects

Reagan administration science advisor George Keyworth II (photgraphed by Tames)

NY Times photographer George Tames

William Bennett

Roger Mudd

James J.Kilpatrick

Joseph Coors Sr.