Random thoughts

• Regarding Ratmansky landing at ABT instead of City Ballet: If you had a choice of working for Peter Martins or Kevin McKenzie, who would you choose?

• Perhaps there is a case to be made against General Jaruzelski for actions after the imposition of martial law in Communist Poland. But it can be argued that the only instance in which the military stepped in to displace a Communist government made the eventual disintegration of the Soviet Union more likely, not less so. Perhaps, just perhaps, Jaruzelski, who did have military divisions (pace Stalin), deserves some of the credit that is generally reserved for the Polish Pope? Can his patriotism be questioned?

• If teevee won't give airtime to idiots who run onto the baseball field during a game, why oh why do the "news" channels show, interview, and generally reward the moronic behavior of people who disregard "mandatory" evacuations during hurricanes?