Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 6 Sept. 2026
Paul Krugman: Weaponized Interdependence (Paywall)
Steven Rattner: Trump's Broken Promises, in 11 Charts (Excerpt)
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 2 September 2026
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 5 Sept. 2026
50? Moi? How The Muppets rocked the world with anarchy, nonsense and the inimitable Miss Piggy
Paul Krugman: Ingots We No Longer Trust
HCR: Sept. 4, 2026 — Origin of Labor Day
HCR: In other words, the plan is both illegal and unconstitutional. (Excerpt)
HRC: A number of pundits, especially Republican pundits, interpreted Trump's win in 2024 as a permanent political realignment proving that post-World War II liberalism was dead. (Excerpt)
A Real-Life Princess, et. al.
The Songs of Ohio University (Athens, Ohio)
Classics IV Mini-Concert: Spooky, Stormy, Sunny, Traces
Victorian Trade Union Choir: "Union Maid"
Paul Krugman: Trump and Bessent tried to betray Ukraine. Now they don't have any cards. (Excerpt)
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers.” Live Your Best Life. 6 Sept 2026
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “What’s Indiana Jones’ least favorite band? The Rolling Stones.” Live Your Best Life. 2 Sept. 2026
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 4 September 2026
Paul Krugman: Rewarding the Most Dishonest (Excerpt)
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 30 August 2026
HCR: Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, who is the top-ranking Democrat on the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, exposed what appears to be a plot to steal the 2026 midterm[s]
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “People who take care of chickens are literally chicken tenders.” Live Your Best Life. 5 Sept 2026
New system for screening mail-in ballots risks denying entire batches, says whistleblower (Excerpt)
Paul Krugman: Make Geography Great Again
HCR: Trump’s threat to destroy the Kennedy Center unless he gets to do what he wants to seems to be a metaphor for the United States: “Nice country you got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.”
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 27 August 2026
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 1 September 2026
Paul Krugman: How much chaos can the economy take? (Excerpt)
HCR: If voters put Democrats in control of either or both chambers of Congress this fall, investigations and hearings into the machinations of administration officials will be epic. (Excerpt)
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “Don’t you hate it when someone answers their own questions? I do.” Live Your Best Life. 3 September 2026
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “Which is faster, hot or cold? Hot. Because you can catch a cold.” Live Your Best Life. 28 August 2026
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 31 August 2026
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “My car battery died and no one stopped to help me. I was like, ‘Don’t even get me started.’” Live Your Best Life. 27 August 2026
The Local Girls Present: "We Are the Boys from O-H-I-O"
Paul Krugman: Oligarchy and the Great Evasion
HCR: … military leaders are warning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that a plan to continue large-scale operations in Iran is unsustainable and is weakening their ability to protect U.S. interests in other places, including at home.
Paul Krugman: How Badly Will Trump Punish America? (Excerpt)
Heather Cox Richardson: Dolly Parton: A Life Well Lived
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 25 August 2026
HCR: Our elected officials are entrusted with the enormous power of the American people, not over them. (Excerpt)
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “Horses have been named the fastest animal on earth. At least that’s what it says in a new Gallup poll.” Live Your Best Life. 4 September 2026
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 26 August 2026
Paul Krugman: Talking Interest Rates with Ricardo Caballero (Wonkish)
Dolly Parton Wall Murals
Paul Krugman: Biden Derangement Syndrome (Excerpt)
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 29 August 2026
Politics. Arts. Music. Live Your Best Life. 28 August 2026
Paul Krugman: The Plot to Steal Venezuela's Oil: A scam that is both vile and deeply stupid (Excerpt)
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “At the airport my friend suggested we dress as luggage. But I said, ‘Let’s not get carried away.’” Live Your Best Life. 30 August 2026
HCR: Election analyst Charlie Cook told Republicans today to “brace themselves” for the midterms. “The three most plausible outcomes are that it will be bad, really bad, or truly horrible.” (Excerpt)
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “When my wife was in labor, I would tell her jokes to distract her from the pain, but she didn’t seem amused. It must have been the delivery.” 1 September 2026
Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “A bicycle is not a bicycle once it turns into a driveway, and a car is no longer a car when it turns into a parking lot.” 26 August 2026
HCR: Like many of the other anecdotes Weems delivered, this story [Washington chopping down the cherry tree) was almost certainly invented. But it established the importance of truth-telling in a leader.
I Assure You We Are Open, Enter Via Helicopter. Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “What’s the difference between Dad Jokes and the Spanish Language? In Spanish, you roll your Rs. With Dad Jokes, you roll your eyes.”
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “My wife asked me to do her hair like a Rastafarian. I’m dreading it.” 25 August 2026
Good Deeds. Anecdotes. Music. One Dad Joke: “If you have 10 apples in 1 hand and 14 oranges in the other, what do you have? HUGE hands.” Live Your Best Life. 29 August. 2026