¶ Although we can’t claim to have been “distracted by flooding along the Mississippi, warfare in Libya or the latest on Newt Gingrich,” we didn’t know about the James Tate Prom Saga until we read about it this morning. Our verdict: “grim-faced” headmaster Beth Smith should be thrown into a Polish space capsule for 1000 hours of community entertainment. ¶ And what, pray tell, is Arthur Newmyer’s lawsuit against Sidwell Friends doing in the pages of the Times? We should have thought that Mr Newmyer is too old to carry on like James Tate, but, sadly not.

¶ Vitaly Borker, the online eyeglasses merchant who couldn’t resist boasting to David Segal  about his deplorable business practises, may be regretting his Iron Curtain cheekiness. Having plead guilty to High Crimes and Naughtiness, he now faces sentencing of up to six years.

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This entry was posted on Friday, May 13th, 2011 at 10:30 am.