Condolences to fillyjonk on the death of her father.
The Rise and Fall of ‘Mentally Retarded’.
How to Prepare for a Hurricane.
Jeff Lasky on JEOPARDY! Part 1 and Part 2 and Questions answered.
The Man with the Golden Airline Ticket.
When New Yorkers Were Menaced By Banana Peels.
Now I Know: Nothing Motivates Like Free Pizza and Why You Shouldn’t Discount Discounts and Why Those Two Little Black Bumps Are In The Road.
TONI MORRISON, R.I.P.
The Los Angesles time obituary.
Her Black Art Spoke in a Nation That Would Silence Us
No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear; In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.
Angela Davis, Nikki Giovanni and Sonia Sanchez Pay Tribute
We feel like she’s a piece of us: her time in Albany (I am briefly quoted)
AMERICAN ROULETTE
The U.S. Culture of Violence is Killing Us All.
The Second Amendment doesn’t give you the right to own a gun; Federalist Papers #29.
‘A Guarantee of Not Being Shot Is Impossible’: Amnesty Issues Global Travel Warning to All People in the United States.
Americans are saving too little for retirement.
Why Didn’t America Become Part of the Modern World?
:Republican Whataboutism Gets More Desperate.
Foreign Policy magazine cataloged the U.S. Democratic presidential primary candidates’ stances on foreign-policy issues.
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The regime’s trade threats, tariffs, and bullying both allies and rivals into submission was based on an ambitious theory. It turned out to be a fallacy. and More tariffs ahead as he admits agriculture deal with China never really existed and Wall Street Fears He Is Too Dumb to End Trade War Before 2020.
Republicans Now Are More Open to the Idea of Expanding Presidential Power.
MUSIC
Nasty Man – Joan Baez.
C’mon Science — Fall Springs, a New Musical.
THE 8 WEIRDEST VIDEOS MTV PLAYED ON ITS FIRST DAY Yes, it includes Lifeguard.
Heartbeats Accelerating – Linda Ronstadt.
Harry Belafonte: Turn Around and Jump in the Line.
All Over the Place – HYLLS
Coverville: 1272: The 35th Anniversary Track by Track Cover of Purple Rain and 1273: Cover Stories for Counting Crows and Dire Straits.
Inspirit – Lola Astanova.
K-Chuck: the funkiest tracks buried deep in his record collection.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG DANCES WITH SUSIE Q DOLLS?
Rhiannon Giddens: Defiant in the Face of “Othering” and What Folk Music Means.
The woman who saved Paul McCartney | 60 Minutes Australia.
Here’s a space oddity: David Bowie was only 69 years and two days old when he left us on January 10, 2016. That is not old at all, especially if you are a sexagenarian.