How does the @nytimes.com consider this news in 2025?

This my new favorite! After a verbal lapse, my cousin accused of making “a Floridian slip.”

Batman Day, brought to you by Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, and Dick Giordano

Pet peeve of mine: People are online debating a Chick-fil-A boycott and some wag posts “Their chicken isn’t anything special anyway.” No matter how many times it happens, that one poster is sure they’re clever and original. That’s Trump talking about Kimmel’s talent and ratings.

Framing matters. I think the erosion began when we started talking about FREE SPEECH rather than FREEDOM OF SPEECH. ‘Free’ as a modifier implies there is other, unfree speech — giving rise to the question “Who decides?”

What’s the over-under on RFK and Kash Patel?

Reading Skills of 12th Graders Hit a New Low www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

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First day of school and the flags are flying at half-staff. Already. Again.

Teachers in my town started on Monday of this week — three days of professional development and room set-up — and today is their first day “with kids.” I wonder if the administrators who’ve worked off and on all summer thought of Monday as first day “with teachers.”

Thank you, Garrett Pinder, for recommending this book! I recommend it to my friends and colleagues as well. Shattering and sadly relevant.

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Still stuck in this labyrinth

This gorgeous new book is the dessert I can enjoy only after I complete House of Leaves.

James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...