I guess I never really appreciated how much cowardice is baked into established institutional positions. From universities and law firms rolling over at the first sign of trouble to elected officials running rather than do their job. "Land of the brave" definitely comes with asterisk.

Most of those kinds of things but also a whole mini-museum of natural history objects (anybody need a spare raccoon skull? Never mind, I'm not parting with it.) Also I've relentlessly removed every obsolete cable in the house (well, at least on first floor), so there's that.

A sharp escalation in Trump's efforts to be Putin's stooge.

Somebody didn't get the memo.

I score literally almost exactly at the bottom of the RWA scale (theauthoritarians.org/wp-content/u... page 16)

there are people who have somewhat of an authoritarian lean but aren't too far gone

Agree. Also, the Hurley photographs were incredible.

Any of the books about the Cambridge spy ring show truth is stranger (and cooler) than fiction.

Yes, "Scott and Amundsen: Last Place on Earth" is gripping and grueling all at once.

Agree; the opening pages with the funeral of King Edward were pure cinema.

Who knew you can buy zip ties at the Dollar Store?

On THIS issue? How about ALL issues.

He wants us to believe that people fleeing across the deserts and jungles in flipflops with children on their backs are also dragging along a cow or two? Then somehow manage to insert their cows into the beef economy in a way that makes prices rise. The cows driving cars is actually more credible.

It makes me want to subscribe again just so I could cancel my subscription again.