This is a tough one. I had the privilege of dealing with him. He was fine in every sense of the word—as a playwright, a rhetorician, and a human being. And his always erudite writing cd be hilarious.

Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...

Forty children gave sworn testimony about being raped and trafficked by Epstein. And yet the FBI Director says there’s no credible evidence. That’s not just wrong, it’s perjury.

If our leaders can lie under oath about children being sexually exploited, what else are they willing to cover up?

New in PN: Trump's mobster media shakedowns

"Not only is Trump strong-arming media companies like Meta and Paramount into cowed deference, afraid to cross him — he’s also lining his pockets."

Hope is never futile - it is one of the greatest forms of resistance we have.

RFK Jr. is unfit to lead HHS. A letter supporting him includes names of doctors with revoked or suspended licenses and non-medical professionals. Americans deserve a leader who upholds science, not one backed by discredited figures. #StopRFK

"Samoa’s prime minister, Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa, has criticised Robert F Kennedy Jr’s views and the spread of vaccine misinformation related to the deadly 2019 measles outbreak that claimed the lives of at least 83 people, mostly babies in her country."

•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI

Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart

Support who supports you ✨✊

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

Moving over here to get away from Facebook and Instagrams algorithms