A new piece on Vox Populi. Thanks, Michael Simms!
voxpopulisphere.com/2025/05/24/g...

Is anyone else having trouble posting on Bluesky? I can't seem to get even an innocuous post to be put up.

Have you seen this PBS Frontline piece on Xi Jinping/wider China? Excellent; worth watching.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

Tulsi Gabbard is being characterized as having "sympathy for dictators." I'd disagree—too mild!—and head toward wondering (truly) if she's a Russian agent.

Dipping in, once again, to Sixteen Rivers Press's "America, We Call Your Name: Poems of Resistance and Resilience." It's terrific, wide-ranging, and oh-so-relevant just now. Intro by Camille Dungy.

Can we all agree to stop writing/saying "pre-planned," as "planned" does the job just fine on its own? I hope so.

Harding's death, NPR story. Fascinating. The hotel still exists, as does the Presidential Suite. Couldn't afford that room, but my wife & I splurged to stay there one. (We recommend the pool, somewhat akin to the pool at Hearst Castle.)
www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

Amazing that such things need to be pointed out. But thank you.

I've been taking a temporary mental-health break from the Times and other news, but my wife read me this Joel Gray opinion piece today, and its relevance is striking:
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...

Thanks, Elizabeth Warren, for this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2MS...

Jennifer, god, I have no idea how to use this thing. Will figure it out soon w/o devoting more of remaining life to it. :)

What's up? Nothing much except the hurtling toward Fascism. (In truth, just trying out Bluesky.)