I love all of Larson’s works,
But Demon so effectively (and fervently) addresses the falsehoods of states rights over slavery in the controversies re causes of the Civil War. There’s no question.

If you haven’t read/listened to The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson, I recommend. It was one of my best “reads” this year. Easy to follow and very timely.

“Anything?”
“I got nothin’.”

Can’t wait to see it.

Great to see my old Texan friend M Martindale. We’ll be tuning in tonight.

💙

And I may be the last person to realize this, but the store clerk in this, my favorite Xmas commercial, is Donna Pescow, who played Annette in the Saturday Night Fever film opposite him. It delights me every time.

It’s all about what “men” she thinks are invading their spaces. Might they be “women” that her biases won’t let her consider women. If she’s drawing these lines, shame.

By all means. Dems should take their cues from Republican Party of the last decade. And Germany of the 1930s.