NO KINGS!

“My dream it lingered near
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
that the people have the power
to redeem the work of fools
upon the meek the graces shower
it's decreed the people rule”

The people have the power!

Bill Barich’s “Laughing In The Hills” is an exemplar of the literary new journalism of the late 20th Century, executed at the highest level.

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"Leaving aside how misleading a term “interim docket” is for rulings that are producing massive, permanent and irrevocable effects on millions of people’s lives (to say nothing of our constitutional system),..."

This opening by one participant sums up everything wrong with our discourse today.

Perhaps the rules just need to be clearly defined and known to market participants?

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I’d love the new versions of these products to succeed in a big way

I find some of the anti-Zuckerberg commentary I’ve seen as very off-putting. I’d like to think the products could be judged on the merits.

“Turning Point USA, said on social media that the man had been doing “advance security” work for a guest planning to attend the service.”

Do we know anything more about this incident?

Confusion Over Armed Man at Site of Kirk Memorial Reflects Security Concerns www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

“Their network news and late-night talk shows are money-losing artifacts of an industry model their parent companies have no intention of investing in or taking risks for. President Trump understands this. He turns it into easy wins.”

Why ABC and CBS Cave to Trump

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“Undefeated” is an interesting word choice in the headline on this article. Perhaps “unbowed” might be better?

Battered but Undefeated, Hamas Remains a Fighting Force in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/w...

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.

May this season be a time to heal.

Whereas, I found this conversation on the same general topic very depressing.

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I’m taking hope from this conversation. After reading this opinion piece, I would add a “but” to the headline:

America Darkens www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Apple’s new AirPods are one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives, Brian X. Chen, who covers consumer technology for The New York Times, writes. nyti.ms/41Uy3zC

One wishes our governmental processes had not devolved to the point that investments by private business were impacted by concerns like these:

“The agreement shows how some industry executives view efforts to help Intel as a way to win favor with the administration.”

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But the WSJ reported this morning that:

While no return date has been set, Disney is monitoring the situation and sees a path to the show potentially returning in the next several days, according to a person familiar with the situation.”

Let’s hope that happens soon.

Maybe they should bring in the cast from Downton Abbey. I’m sure they would be a big hit with the faux royals.

So what I really want the Apple folks to do is miniaturize the iPhone Air a little more so I can use it as a wearable on my wrist. Betcha they can do that.

The Quiet Force Imperiling Our Booming Stock Market www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/o...

A peril to the economy as well. Must read essay if you have any interest in markets and corporate governance.

Mr. Tingle is a business law professor at the University of Calgary.

Is it reasonable to suggest we have reached “1973 Chile”? Really? Jed Rubenfeld’s commentary in TheFP seems likely to age better than this.