Mike Noonan

father, husband, credit card banker, runner (5K to couch), philly sports, politics, travel, kittens, reading, delaware, bacon, irish, flop

[LeBron James @KingJames]

another championship.

I believe I can help make the Philadelphia 76ers a championship team and I am so excited to energize a new fan base and start this incredible journey one last time.  

Thank you LA. Miami I’ll forever love and Northeast Ohio will always home!

🙏🏾🫡👑

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Censorship pure and simple folks.

[Bob Elder @southernphd]

I never met Gordon Wood, but I have a story about him.

In one of my grad school seminars, we read Wood’s Creation of the American Republic. The sheer erudition and evidentiary depth of the book bowled me over.

Back then, before kids and before life accelerated to warp speed, I used to call my mother every Sunday to catch up. Lots of times, we ended up talking about what I was reading that week in my grad seminars or for leisure. Mom had an omnivorous mind, and she was always looking for something else to read. She was a true intellectual—curious about almost everything, always eager to integrate new arguments or ideas into her existing schemas of how the world worked or to have those schemas challenged and changed.

When we talked that particular Sunday, I think I tried to describe to her part of Wood’s argument about the relationship between the state constitutions during the Articles of Confederation era and the federal Constitution. Maybe I was tired, maybe I didn’t completely understand her questions, but the end result of the conversation was that Mom had questions about Wood’s argument that I didn’t answer satisfactorily. I told her that she should probably just read the book, and we said goodbye.

She did eventually read the book, but the next Sunday, Mom started our conversation by saying, “Well, I had a lovely conversation with Gordon Wood this week.” For a split second, I thought she was joking, but then I remembered who I was dealing with. I started to sweat. “How?” I asked. A whole variety of unlikely scenarios in which the foremost historian of the American Revolution and my mother, who lived in Wichita, Kansas, might have met ran through my mind. “Oh, I just looked up his office phone number on Brown’s website and called, and he picked up!” Mom said. I decided I would have to find another profession.

As it ended up, Gordon Wood spent about an hour on the phone with my mother answering her questions about the Constitution. Ever since, I’ve had a soft spot for the man when I imagine him picking up the phone in Providence and finding Becky Elder from Wichita on the other end of the line. His generosity in that moment spoke very well of him.

Rest in peace, professor.

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

@3YearLetterman @HunterBiden @SleepyManny @DaveRamsey Coach I once sold one of Ramseys compact discs on the internet and used the proceeds to payoff my debt Solid baby step

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

@NHLFlyers Is Vladar a ⚒️’s supporter?

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

@amandadeibert Throw the book at him!

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

@jkbjournalist @jaketapper Keep the faith Jules! Let’s focus on @NHLFlyers and @sixers @Phillies will be a July problem

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

@ABC NEW: BMW Mechanic who serviced First Lady Jill Biden’s automobile in 2004 walks out on $90 Grottos tab

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

WTF

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War.

https://t.co/rM77LJejuk

[The Associated Press @AP]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gives Anthropic a Friday deadline to open its AI technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing contract, source tells AP. https://t.co/WthiNqHv8y

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

@jarvis_best He should come to Philadelphia and skate for the Flyers

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

@3YearLetterman @WhiteHouse Canada is nothing more than Americas hat. Never forget that coach

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

@JaredEMoskowitz Terrible Sixers loss

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Jessiah @thepondering_]

Legendary conservative lawyer, top Fox News legal analyst, National Review contributor, and a guy who's professionally hated Democrats for years

And *even he* is sounding the alarm about Trump and the GOP 👇

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

@jdawsey1 Auntie Peggy!

[Mike Noonan @noonan51]

@kenklippenstein Did you see this gang down there? Phanatics family is from Galápagos Islands

[Ken Burns @KenBurns]

Merry Christmas everyone. And think about this Christmas night in 1776.