Interesting read. Thanks so much for posting. I'm going to have to mull this over ...

GOP members of Congress must instruct their staff, "Don't tell me anything."

Susan Collins didn't hear T had accused some of her colleagues of "seditious behavior" until she ventured out of her office: she "furrowed her brow ... and darted into the Senate chamber."

I *love* this poem & used to read it to my students. It pleases me no end to know it stayed with a student!

The Senate voted on whether or not to exercise its Constitutional duty to authorize war re: Trump's Venezuelan attacks, and Republicans voted to let him go it alone, with my Senator, Susan Collins, casting the decisive 50th vote.

GOP Senators own this every bit as much as the admin.

This is really lovely. How big were your HSTs when finished? You're inspiring me!

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Because the 13th Amendment permits slavery as punishment for a crime, convict leasing is 1 way slavery persists in the US. In addition to leasing inmates, prisons pay $0 or pennies per hour to prisoners. eji.org/news/history...

I don't think Wallace is right here. Even the very best poetry & literary fiction is going to have a smaller audience than other genres, so I wouldn't blame those writers for "not speaking to people."

Trump's known his base will never leave him since Jan 2016 when he said, "I could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and my supporters would still be with me." He fantasized about getting away with murder before he started getting away with murder.

I'm with you, Christmas. When I read a book, I want to read a book.

I posted this elsewhere today, but I just can't get over the fact that DoD's Law of War Manual explicitly cites "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked" as its example of a "clearly illegal" order that troops have a "duty" to disobey. www.justsecurity.org/125948/illeg...

Thanks for sharing this really thoughtful piece.

I'm leaning raven, myself. But I'm a fan of both birds & of this artwork, too! www.allaboutbirds.org/news/similar...