Satchmo & The Joooooos

A wonderful profile of Louis Armstrong from Commentary.

“You don’t have to do a damn thing bad unless you want to,” he had told a reporter nine years earlier. “Other than that, you weak-minded, you should go to a hospital or somethin’.”

While we're (loosely) on the topic of the chosen people, I have a 2nd spy in NY, who sent me this: Yes, Miky, there are rabbis in Montana. It is truly delightful and I insist you read it.