Oligarchy Is Destroying Our Society and the Planet
Free the Free Press from Wall Street Plunderers
The main problem with privatization is that it tends to socialize risk and privatize profits
Moments of madness: Freud’s thoughts on human nature resonate today
Low nurse staffing levels directly linked to higher patient mortality, study finds
The politics of ’12 Angry Men’ has never really left us and probably never will
The Postal Inspector Who Took Down America’s First Organized Crime Ring
Pew’s ‘striking findings’ from 2018
Now this is how you do sanctuary right
Walter Ayres: New Hope Budget
My friend and former pastor Donna Elia: Woman of the cloth, woman of the belt
Being Mortal review – a surgeon’s view of how we should end our days
Morrie Turner: Wee Pals, Kid Power
Curios from the Outer Rim: SUPERMAN at 40
Is tech ruining the way we use exclamation points?!
In Vermont, a small-town feud leads to a big middle finger (literally)
A simple, free way to pass your permit test; the New York State version
A few of the 700some stories about the street names of Albany
The annual obit reel from Turner Classic Movies
Word of the year? listen or risk
The Internet has screwed up Christmas shopping
Holiday weight gain: Can it be avoided? Probably not
Now I Know: The Starbucks That Never Gets Your Name Wrong and Rodentia Intelligencia and A Crowd-Pleasing Side Dish and The Transatlantic Battery Bunny Battle and Is a Burrito (Legally) a Sandwich?
Chuck Miller: Photos of 2018
Dustbury notes my Advent devotional
Arthur answers my questions about where to live and religion and his likes
WHICH SIDE IS HE ON?
Russia picked him and ran him for President, former Israeli intelligence officer says
No, These Tariffs Have Not Been Good for America
He says: Give Me a Wall or I’ll Engineer a Recession
He took credit for a growing economy – Now what?
Shutdown halts civil court cases — including those against him
Regime Suggests Unpaid Federal Workers Do Odd Jobs to Cover Rent
Daughter of the podiatrist who helped defer him from Vietnam says ‘bone spurs’ were a lie
Trials of Individual-1: a scorecard
Here’s how his environmental record is hurting communities worldwide
Is this any way to run a superpower?
MUSIC
Who Cares – Paul McCartney, video with Emma Stone
Coverville Countdown: The 40 Greatest Covers of 2018, Part One and Part Two
I’ll Be Seeing You – Nancy Wilson
Love Always Wins – Hande Yener
Jerusalem – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
“The Chipmunk Song” Turns 60: Secrets of a Holiday Novelty Smash