My four months as a private prison guard, which has led to the US phasing out private prison use
US: The Real Way the 2016 Election Is Rigged
Joseph Goebbels’ 105-year-old secretary: ‘No one believes me now, but I knew nothing’ – she said, Nothing!
Germany finally apologizes for its other genocide—more than a century later
Does Henry Kissinger have a conscience?
At what point is it impossible to separate art from the artist? (Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation)
Tote bag proves how ridiculous xenophobia is
“Christian” groups are handing out these creepy ‘gay cure’ comics to children
Pew Research: Choosing a New Church or House of Worship; Americans look for good sermons, warm welcome
In today’s troubling times, where are our faith leaders? But Even Reinhold Niebuhr could not be Reinhold Niebuhr in 2016
YOU THROW, GIRL: AN OLYMPIC SHOT-PUTTER’S FEMINIST MISSION
Michael Rivest: The Wall That Heals
Cartoon: The future of climate denial
174 Heroin Overdoses in Six Days in Cincinnati
NPR is closing its comments section – can’t blame them
When New Parents Refuse Vitamin K Shots And Their Babies Get Brain Bleeds
Race and poverty
America’s wealth gap is split along racial lines — and it’s getting dangerously wider
Affluent and Black, and Still Trapped by Segregation
The Original Underclass; Poor white Americans’ current crisis shouldn’t have caught the rest of the country as off guard as it has
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Recalls A Childhood Where Poverty Was ‘The Family Tradition’
Why Poor People Stay Poor -Saving money costs money. Period.
Auto Lending: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Will Your Prescription Meds Be Covered Next Year? Better Check!
The culture of the smug white liberal
What I said when my white friend asked for my black opinion of white privilege
A C-SPAN caller asked a black guest how to stop being prejudiced; Here’s how she responded
The infamous Stop White Genocide video
When Elite Parents Dominate Volunteers, Children Lose
Thurgood Marshall’s interracial love: ‘I don’t care what people think. I’m marrying you.’
Dashcam Video Captures Highway Pileup, Woman Rescued from Burning Car in Binghamton, NY
Larry Wilmore on the End of The Nightly Show and the Show’s Greatest Legacy
Arthur@NZ is getting better and his hospital bill; damn Kiwis!
Dustbury goes grocery shopping 2.0
At my alma mater at SUNY New Paltz, College mourns death of emeritus biology professor Heinz Meng, known for recovery of peregrine falcon – he was very cool
The only movies I’ve seen with Gene Wilder are The Producers, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask, Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, and one of my favorite movies ever, Young Frankenstein, which he co-wrote. They were all released between 1967 and 1980. But he was always excellent then and in a couple of episodes of Will and Grace early this century. Gene Wilder on The Truth | Blank on Blank | PBS Digital Studios, plus Evanier and Tom Straw remember.
Steven Hill, D.A. Adam Schiff on ‘Law & Order,’ Dies at 94
Your Guide to the Fall Broadway Season
50 things about comics, featuring ME
The 10 most Influential Poets in History
Art is about surrender – Stop asking for it to be custom-tailored
Chuck Miller at the State Fair and Don Rittner at the county fair, and Jaquandor at the county fair
Now I Know: David’s Garden and Horse, Off-Course
Ken Levine HATES Robert Hall
Music
Harmonica legend Toots Thielemans, Known for ‘Sesame Street’ Theme, Dies at 94 and The Getaway – End credits – Quincy Jones – Toots; more Quincy and Toots; John Barry, Toots – Theme from “Midnight Cowboy” (mostly stolen from Steve Bissette’s Facebook)
U2 Live Albany New York – 13 November 1981
John Denver, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash & Roger Miller – Rocky Top
It’s only rock ‘n’ roll – and sometimes it’s better in mono
35 Years Ago: Violent Femmes Discovered by the Pretenders While Busking in Milwaukee