Was American politics always this weird?
The US Gave Slavers Their Land Back. What About Black Folks’ Reparations? and Slavery is also indefensible on economic grounds.
Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal; his website.
Data Show Costly Trump Tax Cut Achieved Little
Britain’s New Prime Minister Is Nationalist, Racist and Vain. Sound Familiar?
The Moon Landing Hoax Theory Started as a Joke.
The First Responders, black paramedics in Pittsburgh
The Privilege of Being Normal.
I was a fast-food worker. Let me tell you about burnout.
What is Regenerative Agriculture?
What John Paul Stevens inadvertently taught conservatives about the Supreme Court.
Elijah “Pumpsie” Green, the first black player on the Boston Red Sox, has died. He was 85. Green played parts of four seasons with the Red Sox and one with the New York Mets from 1959-63, batting .246 with 13 homers and 74 RBIs. But his place in history was made when he stepped on the field as a pinch-runner against the Chicago White Sox on July 21, 1959. The Red Sox were the last team in the major leagues to field a black player.
Safe Deposit Boxes Aren’t Safe.
Binghamton, NY: Valley of Creativity.
Ken Levine interview with director Jim Burrows, Part 1 and Part 2.
Can broadcast legend Susan Zirinsky save CBS News?
Basquiat x Warhol at The School in Kinderhook.
Why Americans Just Can’t Quit Their Microwaves.
New Coke Didn’t Fail. It Was Murdered.
Fireworks with film at Saratoga.
Enough With Hamilton, Say Fans of Other Founding Fathers; Success of Broadway show steals limelight from Jefferson, Franklin and others; ‘not a lot of demand for James Madison’
The Evolution of Harley Quinn.
Now I Know: The Elephant With Empathy? and The $91-Per-Square-Foot Very Tiny Estate and The Great Saudi Beauty Pageant Scandal of 2018 and Why Isn’t This Tennis Ball Bouncing? and The Rainbow Grandpa Who Saved His Village and The Incredible Cause of Tasmanian Crop Circles and Why Do Bats Sleep Upside Down? (for AmeriNZ)
MUSIC
I’m Your Puppet – James and Bobby Purify.
Music from the new Lion King movie.
Indra by Gustav Holst.
Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt and the Muppets, recipients of the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors.
Coverville: 1269: Cover Stories for Suzanne Vega, Simple Minds and Soft Cell and 1270: The Trevor Horn Cover Story and 1271: The Hard Day’s Night Track-by-Track Album Cover.
K-Chuck Radio: How to enjoy a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack
