All Americans Need Pride Now
In 1776, Angry New Yorkers Tore Down a Statue of George III With a Revolutionary Fervor. A New Exhibition Lets You Do It, Too
James Madison Speech in the House of Representatives, 8 June 1789, promoting amendments to the Constitution
The Interview: Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ’60 Minutes.’ Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim are staying.
DOD Officially Drops 180 Faiths From Military’s Recognized Religion List
Higher Education Must Not Become a Research Arm of Militarized Power
‘It debases the democratic process’: Sotomayor slams Supreme Court’s Alabama ruling, and it marks brazen reversal of its previous stance
A Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans
Only 50% of the public said they now trust health recommendations from the CDC, down from 77% in spring 2025, according to a poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and the de Beaumont Foundation’s Public Health Listening Lab
US Turnaround on International Vaccines Comes Too Late for Hundreds of Thousands. The State Department finally overruled RFK Jr.’s defunding of a group that vaccinates 60 percent of children globally.
The DOJ came after Daily Kos. Here’s the full story.
EFF Has Just Testified Before Congress on AI
Claustrophobia
Naomi Kritzer’s Obstetrix is a new, tense thriller in the mode of Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale and Alderman’s The Power; it’s a beautifully turned, claustrophobic horror novel about an obstetrician who’s been kidnapped by a Christian cult obsessed with fertility.
Researching Juneteenth Celebrations at The New York Public Library
Knicks celebrate NBA victory back in New York City. The team was 4-0 in the finals when he wasn’t there. I still think of that 1973 championship team.
New College of Florida and UK & Makerfield Election: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Marjane Satrapi, Artist and Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56. Her popular graphic novel series, published in the early 2000s, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. I saw the movie on a flight from Paris to NYC.
Fact-checking the interview with NBC News’ ‘Meet the Press’ – Digging into some of his claims about the Iran war, the Jan. 6 riots, California’s primary elections and more.
FOTUS Moved to Eliminate Chemical Safety Board Before Deadly Spill Killed 11
The Art of the Deal — The Art of BS
Everything You NEED To Know About Saturday Night Live, Season 26 (2000-2001)
The Desert’s Night Lights and The Boy and the Blue Cup and How to Steal a House? and A Planely Obvious Punishment
MUSIC
As – Stevie Wonder
The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm) – Amy Grant
Fanfare for the Common Man – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
How Do We Get There from Here – Amy Grant featuring Ruby Amanfu.
Memphis Soul Stew – King Curtis
Life On Mars? – David Bowie
John Barleycorn Must Die – Traffic
Bad Time – Grand Funk
Mr. Brightside – The Killers
Somebody To Love -Jefferson Airplane
I Knew It, I Knew You – Taylor Swift from Toy Story 5
That’s The Way Of The World – Earth, Wind, and Fire
Favorite Songs By Favorite Artists (Series Four) #6: Yusef Lateef and #7: The Velvet Underground
Ally the Piper does NOT need your misogyny
J. Eric Smith’s Best Albums of 2026 (First Half)
Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
The Dark Side of Paul McCartney
Heather Cox Richardson: “On May 22, 1964, in a graduation 
Welcome to 
The team from Wizard’s Wardrobe, the one-to-one literacy program in Albany’s South End, 
