Today I enter on my ninetieth year, which is to say I am eighty-nine. There are number of things I want to say, but first things first. When I created this blog many years ago, I put a rather dorky picture of myself on it. There is a better picture of me on my Wikipedia page – it makes me look rather like an old KGB operative. Well, I trimmed my beard this morning and here is what I look like at the age of eighty-nine.
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Still Crazy After All These Years
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Happy Birthday, Prof. Wolff. Affectionately, Marc Susselman
Happy birthday...
May this be a wonderful year for you!!!
Happy Birthday Professor and all the best for the 90th year of life.
To 120!
Happy Birthday! Slainte Mhaith!
You look to me just like the formidable, funny, and inspiring philosopher you always have 👍
Bonne anniversaire.
Happy Birthday Perfesser
Many happy returns to you, Bob
Happy Birthday, a tax return drop would be a great present.
Still looking good! Happy birthday, all the best wishes! :)
Happy birthday, friend!
Happy Birthday!!!
I wish I looked half as good! Have a great 2023.
A re-run of 2020?
By the end of 2023, which candidate for president in 2024 will lead the polls among Republicans? Among Democrats?
Laura Coates, CNN senior legal analyst
For Republicans, it’s Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis; for Democrats, it’s President Joe Biden (assuming he runs).
SE Cupp, CNN political commentator
Former President Donald Trump and Biden (insert obligatory eye roll).
Paul Callan, legal analyst
DeSantis will lead Republicans. California Gov. Gavin Newsom will lead Democrats.
Jill Filipovic, CNN opinion contributor
For Republicans, it will be Trump, and, for Democrats, Biden. Welcome back to 2020.
Frida Ghitis, CNN opinion contributor
Trump and Biden — déjà vu!
Elie Honig, CNN senior legal analyst
Republicans prefer Trump; Democrats prefer Biden.
Allison Hope, opinion contributor
Trump, who sadly is still buzzing around, and Biden, because Democrats are the most unoriginal thinkers.
Joey Jackson, CNN legal analyst
For Republicans, it’s DeSantis; for Democrats, it’s Biden.
Scott Jennings, CNN senior political commentator
For Republicans, it’ll be DeSantis; for Democrats, it’ll be Biden.
Roxanne Jones, CNN opinion contributor
For Republicans, DeSantis; for Democrats, Newsom.
Peniel Joseph, CNN opinion contributor
For Republicans, DeSantis; for Democrats, Biden.
Dean Obeidallah, CNN opinion contributor
For Republicans, it will be Trump. For Democrats, it will be Biden.
Raul Reyes, CNN opinion contributor
Sorry, Trump! By the end of 2023, the top contenders will be DeSantis for the GOP and Biden for the Democrats.
Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator
Anything can happen, but I expect to see DeSantis as the GOP nominee and Biden as the Democratic nominee going into 2024.
Sara Stewart, film critic
For Republicans, Trump, inexplicably. For Democrats, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, the centrist favorite after Biden wisely opts out.
Holly Thomas, culture critic
For Republicans, the answer is DeSantis. His success in the midterms made an embarrassment of Trump, and I think Republicans are hungry for a candidate capable of strategizing — rather than simply making noise on Truth Social. Biden will carry the field for the Democrats. He's road-tested and survived the midterms surprisingly well.
Elliot Williams, CNN legal analyst
For Republicans, it will be Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina. (President Wesley Clark and President Scott Walker can tell you that the guy with the early buzz is almost never the winner.) For the Democrats, it will be Biden.
Jeff Yang, CNN opinion contributor
All indicators right now suggest Trump and Biden will be the frontrunners through 2023, but who knows where the race will ultimately turn. Nothing's been less predictable than politics recently.
Happy birthday, Prof. Wolff! Hope you have many more ahead of you.
On behalf of the thousands of non-posters:
Happy Birthday!
Happy belated, Bob! - Alex Campbell
Happy Birthday. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and life experience.
Professor Wolff --
So, when I saw this new photo, I thought hey, that image looks strangely familiar. Who does this remind me of? Then it hit me: Charles Bukowski! The blog does not allow me to upload a photo for comparison, but it strikes me that there is some passing physical resemblance. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Bukowski, I don't see it as a negative comparison. Sometimes I wish I looked half as good.
-- Jim
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