The Dark Side is strong, but the Force is with us!
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 PM
The Dark Side is strong, but the Force is with us!
Maybe AI is as dumb as I am?
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Maybe AI is as dumb as I am?
Given Bezos's disgraceful complicity in the Trump agenda (neutering the Washington Post, tearing down the East Wing, etc.) and his plan to automate workers out of jobs, we feel relieved to have just dumped Amazon Prime. (FB membership hangs only by the thread of being a vehicle for resistance.)
October 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Given Bezos's disgraceful complicity in the Trump agenda (neutering the Washington Post, tearing down the East Wing, etc.) and his plan to automate workers out of jobs, we feel relieved to have just dumped Amazon Prime. (FB membership hangs only by the thread of being a vehicle for resistance.)
Hard to believe he was denied the prize after stopping the war between Azerbaijan and Acetaminophen!
October 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Hard to believe he was denied the prize after stopping the war between Azerbaijan and Acetaminophen!
Put aside his regressive policies and dishonesty, I never thought America would have a president so mean, humorless, and patently uncaring as this one.
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Put aside his regressive policies and dishonesty, I never thought America would have a president so mean, humorless, and patently uncaring as this one.
How far we have fallen!
September 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
How far we have fallen!
If you would like to better understand how Facebook became so malignant, the best-seller Careless People is worth reading. Well-written and eye-opening.
June 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If you would like to better understand how Facebook became so malignant, the best-seller Careless People is worth reading. Well-written and eye-opening.
This may be true, but still... doesn't it seem to be running late for the Trump Regime?
May 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This may be true, but still... doesn't it seem to be running late for the Trump Regime?
BIG Hands Off crowd at the Seattle Center!
April 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
BIG Hands Off crowd at the Seattle Center!
Time to revive this rallying cry!
March 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Time to revive this rallying cry!
What a wonderful, powerful, inspirational book for our time!
March 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What a wonderful, powerful, inspirational book for our time!
Apparently, Mencken had it right.
March 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Apparently, Mencken had it right.
I don't often agree with Bret Stephens, but he's right on this:
"By participating in the moral and factual inversions that Putin has deployed for his invasion of Ukraine, the Trump administration... is turning the United States into an accessory to Russia’s crimes...."
"By participating in the moral and factual inversions that Putin has deployed for his invasion of Ukraine, the Trump administration... is turning the United States into an accessory to Russia’s crimes...."
February 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I don't often agree with Bret Stephens, but he's right on this:
"By participating in the moral and factual inversions that Putin has deployed for his invasion of Ukraine, the Trump administration... is turning the United States into an accessory to Russia’s crimes...."
"By participating in the moral and factual inversions that Putin has deployed for his invasion of Ukraine, the Trump administration... is turning the United States into an accessory to Russia’s crimes...."
Dear Republican Senators,
I trust you do understand the difference between voting "No" and voting "Baa"...?
I trust you do understand the difference between voting "No" and voting "Baa"...?
February 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Dear Republican Senators,
I trust you do understand the difference between voting "No" and voting "Baa"...?
I trust you do understand the difference between voting "No" and voting "Baa"...?
15 of us are back in Guatemala to install safe, healthy wood stoves & water filters in the homes of about five dozen families and a school.
It's a gift to spend a few days away from news of nihilism & narcissism and to render this small service to these brothers and sisters
!
It's a gift to spend a few days away from news of nihilism & narcissism and to render this small service to these brothers and sisters
!
February 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
15 of us are back in Guatemala to install safe, healthy wood stoves & water filters in the homes of about five dozen families and a school.
It's a gift to spend a few days away from news of nihilism & narcissism and to render this small service to these brothers and sisters
!
It's a gift to spend a few days away from news of nihilism & narcissism and to render this small service to these brothers and sisters
!
At this moment, we should be grateful for the legal profession. Trump probably hasn't read much Shakespeare.
February 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
At this moment, we should be grateful for the legal profession. Trump probably hasn't read much Shakespeare.
I'm now reading Jon Meacham's fine biography of the inspirational John Lewis and finding important lessons for our trying time.
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I'm now reading Jon Meacham's fine biography of the inspirational John Lewis and finding important lessons for our trying time.
Of all the Trump-lit fires in our nation's capital, the Musk takeover of the levers and finances of government is the most alarming! (Some of the others are purely diversions.)
Download the 5 Calls app for an easy way to call your elected representatives.
Download the 5 Calls app for an easy way to call your elected representatives.
February 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Of all the Trump-lit fires in our nation's capital, the Musk takeover of the levers and finances of government is the most alarming! (Some of the others are purely diversions.)
Download the 5 Calls app for an easy way to call your elected representatives.
Download the 5 Calls app for an easy way to call your elected representatives.
A sprinkling of powdered sugar this morning.
February 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A sprinkling of powdered sugar this morning.