Empathy is the new Christian battleground (I’m pro-empathy)
The casino-fication of news: New partnerships between the prediction market Kalshi and cable TV networks will transform every news event into a betting opportunity.
Why Pregnant Black Women Are Routinely Ignored in American Hospitals
Polypharmacy Is a Real Issue. Dismantling Public Health Won’t Fix It. — A healthy society needs more than just “quick fixes.”
As California Limits Water Use, People in Prison Face Punishment for Showering
Australia just enacted the world’s first social media ban for children under 16 years old.
African leaders convene to recognize and seek reparations for colonial-era crimes
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. ADOPTED 10 December 1984 BY UN General Assembly resolution 39/46
Black History Has the Power to Ignite Movements. That’s Why the Right Fears It.
Remembering the heroes and the villains of World AIDS Day
A teenager redrew the Alabama voting map – and it’s now state law
Legendary Architect Frank Gehry Has Passed Away—These Are His 10 Most Iconic Designs
This Stunning Image Shows a Skydiver Falling Across the Face of the Sun. “The Fall of Icarus” – Andrew McCarthy, Cosmic Background
The Unlikely Story of an E-mail Time Machine
Drop-Off Day for A Shooting Star
At least 31 languages have a word very similar to ‘huh?’
Archaeologists Find Evidence of a Bronze City in Kazakhstan
Now I Know: The Cost of Being a Simpsons Superfan and A Free Race Ticket, With Ups and Downs, and The Book That Got Americans Hanged and The Worst of the Best is Still Pretty Amazing, and Let’s Have a Book Burning? and The Country of Cookie Dough
“Underinclusive”
A MAGA National Security Strategy; the document, which you should try to read if you can stomach it
Boat strikes: War crime or “fake news” hoax?
How he flipped America’s race conversation
Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation For Children Changed By CDC As Academy Of Pediatrics Opposes Decision
Is sleepy Donald the new ‘Sleepy Joe’?
New poll paints a grim picture of a nation under financial strain
MUSIC
Nowhere Man – Peter Sprague, featuring Rebecca Jade
Song For Bob Dylan – David Bowie
The Gadabout, Part II – Bryce Dessner from the Train Dreams soundtrack from the Netflix film
It’s Beginning To Look Like F This and RFK! -Randy Rainbow Song Parodies
La Mer by Claude Debussy
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert, 1 Dec 2025
Bees by Jerskin Fendrix from the motion picture Bugonia
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way – Waylon Jennings
The Fountains of Rome by Ottorino Respighi.
Peg – Steely Dan
New Directive – Nine Inch Nails from the movie TRON: Ares
Coverville 1559: The 22nd Annual Beatles Thanksgiving Cover Story and 1560: The Alex Chilton Cover Story
From the soundtrack to One Battle After Another by Jonny Greenwood
Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile) – Van Morrison
By the River, the second movement of the ‘Florida Suite’ by Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
One of my favorite companies, Joel Whitburn’s Record Research, has a future.
Seattle-based musician and chocolatier Aaron Lindstrom wanted to create a space that combined his two passions: chocolate and music. Cocoa Legato is a unique bean-to-bar chocolate factory and café that hosts live music performances and focuses on producing naturally vegan dark chocolate. 12/01/2025