No, not music criticism; I didn’t see the Met’s Blanchard-Lemmons production. The title, though, and the verse of which it’s a part, state the matter well.

I’m tired of being silent. I’ve said before that I don’t, and won’t, traffic in conspiracy theories. And most mysteries properly belong on bookshelves or Kindles.

But the reason for the disappearance of ex-STJ Eunkyong (“N’Yawk”) Choi must be simple and obvious. It’s getting on for a year since her departure, but when I inquire no one knows anything. There was a suggestion in the trade press (Tax Notes), for which see my blogpost “Omertà at the Glasshouse?” 1/18/24. The Tax Notes item was simplicity itself. All it needed was an off-the-record statement confirming that an obvious blunder was hushed up to save her reputation. That would silence me without the need for anything more.

I have heard, from a source I deem reliable, that ex-STJ Choi is in Korea.

So let one who knows provide the simple, obvious answer, and put out the fire. Then I’ll stop asking.