1 I don’t understand the hatred of Spotify. The constant denigration of its payment system and the animus directed at Daniel Ek. Then I read this article in today’s “New York Times”:  “How Liberalism Went to Die on the Texas-Arkansas Border” Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/opinion/liberalism-texarkana-economy-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk8.Q46T.dtVsEBHA75e2&smid=url-share You need to read this article, but you also need to […]

@hasanminhaj Are you the monk or the minister? ? original sound – Hasan Minhaj This struck a chord with me. Maybe because I’m a child of the sixties. When thinking for yourself and sticking it to the man were the ethos of the day. Or maybe because I’m the child of my father… He worked […]

This is my recommendation of the weekend. It’s a documentary, but it’s only one ninety minute episode long, in other words it’s neither a big commitment nor a slog, you can start it on a whim and finish it shortly thereafter. There are a few re-enactments, which usually rub me the wrong way, but what […]

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