UN: Climate Change Will Create “New Great Divergence” Between Rich and Poor.
Were Other Human Species the First Victims of the Sixth Mass Extinction?
three years running Suicides and overdoses among factors fueling drop in U.S. life expectancy.
The Illusions Underlying our Foreign Policy Discussions.
ALEC Is an Incubator for Efforts to Protect White Supremacy.
“Calvin and the Colonel” – a kids’ cartoon with a shady past.
James Ussher, polyglot, prolific scholar, a man of the church and the man responsible for what we know today as ‘creationism’.
How gender-neutral pronouns can change a culture.
When America Starts to Feel a Little More Soviet.
Articles of Impeachment: Broad or Narrow? – they went narrow.
What Does Trump’s Inner Party Believe?
Letter to the editor: Pattern of misbehavior – Roger Green, Scottsbluff, NE.
Plan to Strip Food Aid From 750,000 Low-Income People by 2020.
He wanted to ban feeding homeless people. Now he’s about to lead a federal homeless agency.
Even if a Democrat wins in 2020, the next president isn’t likely to resurrect a Pax Americana.
The US-Mexico-Canada Trade Deal Is Not as Good as Nafta.
Devin Nunes may regret SLAPPing his critics.
Vicki Van Meter is the youngest female pilot to have made a transatlantic flight when she was aged twelve.
Gender-neutral pronouns can nudge people to see the world a little differently.
Rejection: A Wilderness Guide for Writers, Part 25.
How Costco gained a cult following — by breaking every rule of retail.
The Easiest Way to Bike Up a Hill and The One Thing You Can’t Take Home from The Price is Right and The State of Indiana versus Robin Hood and There’s Snow Better Way to Measure and Picasso with the Sharp Elbows and The Federal Bacon Law That Protects Truth in Advertising and The Best Way to Have Your House Cleaned Out By an Intruder.
Obits
Caroll Spinney, Big Bird Muppeteer for Nearly 50 Years, Dies at 85. Check out the 2014 documentary I Am Big Bird.
René Auberjonois, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Benson’ Actor, Dies at 79. He was also in Boston Legal and a tons of other roles.
D.C. Fontana wrote many great stories and not all of them were for Star Trek, “which is the impression you’ll probably get from some of the obits.”
Ron Leibman, Tony Winner for ‘Angels,’ Is Dead at 82. His IMDB page.
Pete Frates, A Driving Force Behind The Viral Ice Bucket Challenge, Dies At 34.
Wrecked locomotive discovered after 106 years under Lake Superior.
Former chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker, who was 92 when he died in New York City blasted ‘nihilistic’ Trumpism in final testament.
MUSIC
I Love Trash – Oscar the Grouch.
ABC-DEF-GHI Song – Big Bird.
Going Home, per Dvorak – BYU choir.
Othello Overture – Dvorak.
Coverville 1287: The 15th Annual Beatles Thanksgiving Cover Story and 1288: The 40th Anniversary Tribute to Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
Baby’s in Black – MonaLisa Twins.
21st Century Schizoid Man [Radio Edit] – King Crimson at 1:55.
Lean on Me – Bill Withers.
Why you should learn about the Teskey Brothers.
These men just released their first music album — at age 102 and 88.
OK, NOW I’m getting into the Advent season. Music is the linchpin for almost everything. Jaquandor has his 
To a greater or lesser degree, LOTS of the songs I’ve linked to in the past several weeks remind me of myself. Certainly, the ones that made me happy or sad fall into that category.
My annual St. Nick’s Day post. Back on November 7, the Hallmark Channel was showing about eight Christmas-themed TV movies. I’m sure this continues to this day and beyond. This does not bother me whatsoever.
If I were to list the songs I remember from my childhood, it would number about a half a jillion. Still, these stood out.