18USC1346
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Retired law librarian. Legal research, citation, terminology, fact checking. Constitution Day advocate. Daily comics fan. State of mind: happy, dismayed, appalled, hopeful, and sometimes a little cranky. Naps and good books help.
This is a good weekend to watch “Trading Places,” with Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd. Still hilarious. “Being Eddie,” a documentary, is also fun to watch.
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is a good weekend to watch “Trading Places,” with Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd. Still hilarious. “Being Eddie,” a documentary, is also fun to watch.
It’s a good time to read Wes E. Henricksen’s “In Fraud We Trust: How Leaders in Politics, Business, and Media Profit from Lies—and How to Stop Them” (University Press of Kansas 2024) and winner of the Scribes 2025 Book Award: www.scribes.org/awards/book-...
Book Award – Scribes
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December 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It’s a good time to read Wes E. Henricksen’s “In Fraud We Trust: How Leaders in Politics, Business, and Media Profit from Lies—and How to Stop Them” (University Press of Kansas 2024) and winner of the Scribes 2025 Book Award: www.scribes.org/awards/book-...
Today is a good day to read (& subscribe to) the “Funny Times”
“President Trump has cut government waste at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Henceforth the BLS will be known as the BS.”
From: funnytimes.com
“President Trump has cut government waste at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Henceforth the BLS will be known as the BS.”
From: funnytimes.com
Home - The Funny Times
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October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today is a good day to read (& subscribe to) the “Funny Times”
“President Trump has cut government waste at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Henceforth the BLS will be known as the BS.”
From: funnytimes.com
“President Trump has cut government waste at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Henceforth the BLS will be known as the BS.”
From: funnytimes.com
Today is a good day to read Federalist Paper #69. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today is a good day to read Federalist Paper #69. No Kings.
It’s always a good day to read the Funny Times: funnytimes.com
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October 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It’s always a good day to read the Funny Times: funnytimes.com
This also might be a good week to read Craig Whitlock’s “Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy.”
October 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This also might be a good week to read Craig Whitlock’s “Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy.”
This might be a good week to read Erik Larson’s “Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History”
October 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This might be a good week to read Erik Larson’s “Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History”
Constitution Day, 9/17/25: a good day to read the Constitution and Michael Lewis’s “Who is Government,” where you will find some real heroes: www.michaellewiswrites.com#who-is-gover.... (Also Thomas Rick’s “First Principles.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_P...
Michael Lewis | The Official Website
The official website for the best-selling author of The Fifth Risk, The Undoing Project, Flash Boys, The Big Short, Liar's Poker, and Moneyball, among other works.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Constitution Day, 9/17/25: a good day to read the Constitution and Michael Lewis’s “Who is Government,” where you will find some real heroes: www.michaellewiswrites.com#who-is-gover.... (Also Thomas Rick’s “First Principles.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_P...
Make copies and read the U.S. Constitution aloud on September 17th: on a street corner, a public space, at a local event, on your podcast, at a concert: constitutionbooklet.com
Constitution Booklet: Free Printable Pocket Constitution Booklets
Print our free PDF Constitution booklet file and then build your own US Constitution booklets.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Make copies and read the U.S. Constitution aloud on September 17th: on a street corner, a public space, at a local event, on your podcast, at a concert: constitutionbooklet.com
Constitution Day, 9/17/25: Challenge your elected officials to take the naturalization tests administered to people applying for U.S. citizenship. Keyword search: naturalization civics test
September 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Constitution Day, 9/17/25: Challenge your elected officials to take the naturalization tests administered to people applying for U.S. citizenship. Keyword search: naturalization civics test
Constitution Day: Eat: On September 17th food carts might serve an American version of the Australian Democracy Sausage: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democra...
Democracy sausage - Wikipedia
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September 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Constitution Day: Eat: On September 17th food carts might serve an American version of the Australian Democracy Sausage: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democra...
Baking project for Constitution Day: Visit the Election Cake Project and bake patriotic cake
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WELCOME TO THE ELECTION CAKE PROJECT! - A.J. Jacobs - Official Website
Come join our movement to revive the great tradition of Election Cakes! Let’s remind America that democracy is sweet! This coming November, hundreds of people around the country will be baking Electio...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Baking project for Constitution Day: Visit the Election Cake Project and bake patriotic cake
ajjacobs.com/welcome-to-t...
ajjacobs.com/welcome-to-t...
Constitution Day: Fun read for Constitution Day: AJ Jacobs’ book “The Year of Living Constitutionally." Listening to him read the book is even funnier - and educational!
September 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Constitution Day: Fun read for Constitution Day: AJ Jacobs’ book “The Year of Living Constitutionally." Listening to him read the book is even funnier - and educational!
Constitution Day, 9/17/25: Celebrate! Teach-ins, parties, book group readings, plays, concerts, contests, etc. Let your imaginations run wild. Don’t channel Bartleby and say “I would prefer not to.” Your life may depend on you having read the U.S. Constitution!
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Constitution Day, 9/17/25: Celebrate! Teach-ins, parties, book group readings, plays, concerts, contests, etc. Let your imaginations run wild. Don’t channel Bartleby and say “I would prefer not to.” Your life may depend on you having read the U.S. Constitution!
Constitution Day: Read the (unofficial) statute: Cornell: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
36 U.S. Code § 106 - Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
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September 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Constitution Day: Read the (unofficial) statute: Cornell: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Constitution Day, September 17th, 2025: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constit...
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Constitution Day, September 17th, 2025: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constit...
September 17th, 2025, is the perfect day to celebrate Constitution Day; it might be the last one we see for a very long while.
September 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
September 17th, 2025, is the perfect day to celebrate Constitution Day; it might be the last one we see for a very long while.
Today is a good day to start reading Jon Grinspan’s “Age of of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix their Democracy, 1865-1915”
September 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Today is a good day to start reading Jon Grinspan’s “Age of of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix their Democracy, 1865-1915”
Today is a good day to read "A general in the library," by Italo Calvino. It's short story and can be read in 10-15 minutes.
August 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today is a good day to read "A general in the library," by Italo Calvino. It's short story and can be read in 10-15 minutes.
Today is a good time to read Carlo M. Cipolla’s “The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity,” 2011, 2019 (self published by the author in 1976). It's funny! It's satire! It has graphs! It will help you keep your sanity.
August 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Today is a good time to read Carlo M. Cipolla’s “The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity,” 2011, 2019 (self published by the author in 1976). It's funny! It's satire! It has graphs! It will help you keep your sanity.
Dictionary fun: Today is a good day to look up the difference between an acronym and an abbreviation. And while you’re at it, look up the words, bemused, amused, podium, and lectern.
August 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Dictionary fun: Today is a good day to look up the difference between an acronym and an abbreviation. And while you’re at it, look up the words, bemused, amused, podium, and lectern.
Why do reporters say the July 2025 Columbia University “settlement” includes “$200 million to the federal government,” and never say what “to the government” means? Al Smith had it right: “All I want to know is where it is and who’s got it.” (From Robert Caro’s “Power Broker,” ch. 8.)
August 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Why do reporters say the July 2025 Columbia University “settlement” includes “$200 million to the federal government,” and never say what “to the government” means? Al Smith had it right: “All I want to know is where it is and who’s got it.” (From Robert Caro’s “Power Broker,” ch. 8.)
Public speakers, especially if you interview or are interviewed: It’s a good time to read, “If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating,” by Alan Alda
August 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Public speakers, especially if you interview or are interviewed: It’s a good time to read, “If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating,” by Alan Alda
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On @marketplace.org's Make Me Smart, ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social explains how attacks on federal funding, book bans, and the shift to digital are threatening the future of public libraries and why it matters to every community.
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#UniteAgainstBookBans
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Public libraries on the line
Funding cuts aren’t the only thing libraries are up against.
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August 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On @marketplace.org's Make Me Smart, ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social explains how attacks on federal funding, book bans, and the shift to digital are threatening the future of public libraries and why it matters to every community.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
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#UniteAgainstBookBans
Today might also be a good day to start reading “The Federalist Papers” and contemplate what knowledge, diplomatic skill, and humor it takes to write a constitution for the ages. (Listening to them is good, too. Audiobooks Rule (thru a library, Project Gutenberg, LibriVox, etc.)!)
July 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today might also be a good day to start reading “The Federalist Papers” and contemplate what knowledge, diplomatic skill, and humor it takes to write a constitution for the ages. (Listening to them is good, too. Audiobooks Rule (thru a library, Project Gutenberg, LibriVox, etc.)!)