Refugees Encounter a Foreign Word: Welcome
‘When You’re Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression’
Medicalization and its Discontents
N.J. forces mom to pay son’s student loans: Murder ‘does not meet the threshold for loan forgiveness’
Stephen Colbert Fondly Recall the Moment He Knew His Wife Was the One
Now I Know: The Friendliest of Fire and A (Stuart) Little Discovery and A Whale of a Discovery and A Run on the Runs
Stars and Stripes
Are we overdoing the Founding Fathers?
Three-part series of American Revolution-themed Sesame Street sketches from 1986/1987.
‘Is Lady Liberty a man?’: Fox worries France ‘pulled a fast one’ with transgender Statue of Liberty
Trouble With Comics: Nationalism and the comics
How Justice Scalia’s Absence Has Affected the Supreme Court’s Decision
The Negro Motorist Green Book and Black America’s Perpetual Search For A Home; Yes, I wrote about this here
Real Time with Bill Maher: How “Trickle Down” economics has never worked
Fun facts: Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. His father, John A. Chaffetz, was previously married to Katherine (Kitty) Dickson, and they had one son, John. Later, John Sr. married Jason’s mother, Margaret A. Wood. Kitty subsequently married Michael Dukakis (D-MA), the now-former governor. Jason worked on Michael Dukakis’ 1988 Presidential campaign.
DJT
The Vast Left-Wing Media Conspiracy to Make Donald Trump Look Like a Bigot
WHO ARE ALL THESE TRUMP SUPPORTERS? At the candidate’s rallies, a new understanding of America emerges.
Just What Were Donald Trump’s Ties to the Mob?
How voters’ personal suffering overtook reason
Donald Trump and the Jews, explained
An old episode of Sesame Street featuring a Muppet named Ronald Grump who is proposing building a condo tower called Grump Tower. Throughout the show (0:00, 10:52, 21:27, 28:18 and 51:23). Plus ‘Sesame Street’ Parodied Donald Trump As A Garbage Grouch
MUSIC
Let’s Make America Great Again
Neil Sedaka – The Immigrant (re John Lennon)
30 Years- Roan Yellowthorne a/k/a Jackie McLean, who Remembers Her Childhood as Don McLean’s Daughter
US. Navy Band Sailors – “Jersey Boys” Medley (2014)
DakhaBrakha: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
17 COVER SONGS BETTER THAN THE ORIGINALS
Ten iconic TV opening theme songs
Smokey Robinson, a Leader of ‘a Musical Revolution,’ to Receive Gershwin Prize
Animated interview with Bob Dylan, age 20
Paul Simon Talks Peace with His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2005)
The Spice Girls at 20: ‘Women weren’t allowed to be like that in public’
