Climate change: The Media is Failing Us and Billionaires Are the Leading Cause
Triumph of the strongman has worrying echoes of the Thirties
Why America Didn’t See Fascism Coming
More Americans Supported Hitler Than You May Think
John Oliver Takes Down Saudi Dictatorship, In Detail
The Rule of the Uber-Rich Means Tyranny or Revolution
This Is What Living on Minimum Wage Looks Like
This is why the Founders banned emoluments
Here’s why he threatened to pull out of a 144-year-old postal treaty
‘It Doesn’t Matter What He Says We’ll Support It’: His Fans Profess Cult-Like Love
Vlogbrothers: The Rigged Election
Republican Voter Suppression Efforts Are Targeting Minorities, Journalist Says (nothing new)
Weekly Sift: 12 Things to Remember Before You Vote and Souls in Darkness
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: State Attorneys General (at 10:00)
Kavanaugh proves one of the nine justices is not like the others
Pregnancy discrimination’s toll: Women in strenuous jobs miscarried after employers denied requests for light duty
The Threat of Tribalism – The Constitution once united a diverse country under a banner of ideas, but partisanship has turned Americans against one another—and against the principles enshrined in our founding document
Melania, we have a Be Best emergency
Guy’s $650 World Series Ticket Stolen by Scammer Through Instagram Photo
How a Ragtag Group of Oregon Locals Took on the Biggest Chemical Companies in the World — and Won
The Most Googled Medical Symptoms by State
Eugene Peterson, author of ‘The Message’ and pastor to other pastors, dies at age 85
A nice remembrance of Neil Simon that was assembled upon his recent passing
Robert S Hoffman The big chill has broken our circle
The heart-busting story of Igor Vovkovinskiy, one of the tallest men in the world
Julia Louis-Dreyfus receives Mark Twain Prize
Jimmie Walker on the “Good Times” cast – TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews
Nik Durga’s new blog, My Impression Now. “I’m coming back to blogging because it trains me to write more than a few pithy sentences”
A sin, Arthur! Blogging about blogging
More meta: Internet Wading: A bit of it
SEEN: Albany Public Library Foundation’s Literary Legends Gala 2018
Now I Know: The “Faithful Employee” Award Which Had the Opposite Effect and Until Death Does the Hangman Part and The Battle over The Collect Call and Why We Park on Driveways and Drive on Parkways and The Cell Phone Contract Killer
Dancing robot dog is too creepy
MUSIC
‘Swamp Rock’ Master Tony Joe White Has Died At 75; Polk Salad Annie
Can’t Run But – Paul Simon, Saturday Night Live, 13 Oct 2018
Steel Here- Tisha Campbell-Martin (powerful backstory)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps – the Beatles (Acoustic Version, Take 2)
English singer Kathy Kirby (1938-2011)
Hard Times Come Again No More – Mavis Staples
I Need To Be Loved – Keiko Togi, Carpenters
I’ll Follow the Sun – The MonaLisa Twins
Coverville 1237: The Radiohead Cover Story IV and Coverville 1238: The Duran Duran Cover Story IV
The Wheels on the Bus – Mad Donna, and Leo Moracchiol
The oddly controversial cover: T Ko Ko Korina -Ahad Raza Mir & Momina Mustehsan
K-Chuck Radio: Seamless segues
Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys – Sabrina Lentini
WatchMojo.com’s 10 Worst #1 Songs on the Billboard Hot 100; I own four of them
Sister Leslie is out of the hospital, as of ndependence Day. Still healing at home. More probably on July 23.