Is It Obvious Yet that Tariffs Injure Americans?
#TrumpRecession Trends as he is blamed for rising fears of another economic meltdown
E Pluribus Unum? The Fight Over Identity Politics
A Life of Incalculable Harm: David Koch (1940-2019)
The Amazon isn’t “Burning” – It’s Being Burned
Man cuffed by police, forced out of his own home in his underwear after ‘sleeping while black’
CNN interview with Randy Rainbow
The Simpsons: Fleeing the Squad in ‘West Side Story’ Parody
The Daily Show: Donsplaining
The US is about to withdraw from the United Nations’ Universal Postal Union (UPU) – why?
Art Spiegelman: golden age superheroes were shaped by the rise of fascism
Secrets and Lies in the School Cafeteria; A tale of missing money, heated lunchroom arguments, and flaxseed pizza crusts
I Shared My Phone Number. I Learned I Shouldn’t Have. “Our personal tech columnist asked security researchers what they could find out about him from just his cellphone number. Quite a lot, it turns out.”
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
Going against the decluttering craze: THE BOOK HOARDERS WHO DEFY MARIE KONDO
There Is No Reason to Cross the U.S. by Train. But I Did It Anyway. I would absolutely do this.
Smoke Detector Placement: Your Guide to Installing Carbon Monoxide and Fire Alarms
Peter Fonda, the ‘Easy Rider’ star and counterculture icon, dies at 79
The acclaimed animator who created Roger Rabbit dies. Richard Williams, 86, who worked on hit films such as The Pink Panther, won three Oscars and three Baftas
Binghamton, NY Broadcasting legend Bill Parker has passed away at the age of 91. I was on his show… in 1958.
John Green: What to Love and How
Anderson Cooper interviewing Stephen Colbert became largely about dealing with grief
Where would Las Vegas be without the fruit machine, the invention of car mechanic Charles Fey?
Norwich Cathedral helter-skelter ‘is a mistake’
Monty Python tease re: the writing and filming of Life of Brian
6 Similarities Between Star Wars And Zen Buddhism
The New Prospectors: Every year, members of the Gold Prospectors Association of America pack up their RVs in search of adventure, friendship, and a bucketful of pay dirt
Now I know: Why Capital Letters are Called “Upper Case” and 1968: A Space, and Financial Services, Odyssey and The Easter Egg Hunt That Caught a Bad Egg and What Are All Those Dots On My Car’s Windshield? and Why We Pour Milk on our Cereal and When Pants Were a Ticket to Jail
Never could figure out these damn things
MUSIC
Starman – MonaLisa Twins
16 Revelations About Fiddler on the Roof
Love Letters – Alicia Beale
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major by Alma Deutscher
Praying For Time / The Rain Song [George Michael & Led Zeppelin mashup] – Puddles Pity Party
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
K-Chuck Radio: Paul McCartney’s not quite dead yet and In honor of Kris’ birthday
Pink Panther theme – all about the bass
What About Us [Pink Cover] – One Voice Children’s Choir
Who’s Sorry Now? – Gloria DeHaven
Coverville: 1274: This Day in Covers: August 14, 1984 and 1275: Cover Stories for Thin Lizzy, Jamie Cullum and KISS
Gloria – Los Doltons
All My Happiness Is Gone – David Berman, RIP