Garcia: They are, on one hand, putting names of survivors in these documents that are not redacted. And in these same documents, they're taking extra time and being extra careful to redact the names of the coconspirators

What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.

Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark – a sovereign nation. Venezuela is a sovereign nation. Panama is a sovereign nation. Canada is a sovereign nation. Mexico is a sovereign nation. Ukraine is a sovereign nation.

As a woman she would have been required to have a total makeover including blonde hair & weight loss as she should surely have known. T***p makes no secret of being a full-fledged sexist from the Golden Age of Sexism. Mere toadying isn’t enough—too much competition.

So true! But maybe Schopenhauer had a deeper grasp of the world as will—blind instinct ruling humankind ; & only that will is strong enough to continue to propagate the species if there is conscious choice involved.

“Radical left”?—his polls are dropping into the low 30’s. This is crediting the “radical left” with a popularity they’ve never even fantasized.

What would the world have done without Bill & Hillary to demonize for decades? Acres of newsprint in the NY Times alone. All those tremulously spiteful columns by Maureen Dowd.

Olympia has been getting lots of Christmas gifts! It's so sweet when others love your baby too.

‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Says Bari Weiss Made a ‘Political’ Decision to Kill Segment on the ‘Brutal’ El Salvador Prison Where Trump Administration Sent Deportees: Report variety.com/2025/tv/news...

This is entirely to please Trump, who has voiced criticism of 60 Minutes under the new owners, who are the definition of rank amatuers, emphasis on rank. This Stephen Miller interview suggestion is idiotic in the context of this story and shows a startling lack of sophistication or smarts.

Bari Weiss & CBS pulled the plug on 60 Minutes CECOT special just hours before it was scheduled to air. Men who had been sent there risked their lives to tell their stories, and they’ve been silenced by the regime. This article by The Guardian shines light on the torture & abuse they suffered:

Big kudos to 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi for blowing the whistle on Bari Weiss, telling her colleagues in an email that Weiss ‘spiked the story’ after ‘the story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices’. www.wsj.com/business/med...

In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.

The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.

those "good old days" half the US laments.... a nightmare for many.

I love my lLPs!

They developed the "high school girl's sports" angle as a wedge issue, to lever their way up to full society-wide discrimination. What's endlessly stunning to me is how many purported liberals a) helped them when it started & b) are still helping them even after the larger purpose has become clear!

Bari Weiss: "Are we still capable of talking to each other?" Me: “Fuck no”

Changing times. The Oscars have signed exclusively with YouTube.

In September, I reviewed Declan Ryan's boxing-infused book of poetry, Crisis Actor, for @hfr.bsky.social Is it the only book of poetry ever written to feature Arturo Gatti on the cover? Probably! heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/09/11/c...

For The Spit Bucket @writersonboxing.bsky.social I visited a statue of featherweight champ Johnny Kilbane in Cleveland. writersonboxing.com/wp-content/u...

In August, I wrote about the oddity that was Patterson-Rademacher for The Fight City www.thefightcity.com/aug-22-1957-...

Superb review @andrewrihn.bsky.social ! And I learned yet another new word: "Fistiana." @joycecaroloates.bsky.social

Its all so exciting and I'm looking forward to everything!

"If I drove up this five-hundred-foot driveway, I would have a difficult time turning around, should I have to leave the house in a hurry." #ghostadvent Night 19: The Return by the one, the only, the legendary @joycecaroloates.bsky.social harpers.org/archive/2023...

@joycecaroloates.bsky.social What edition is he reading?

#SundaySentence Paradox: how do we know what we have failed to see because we have no language to express it, thus cannot know that we have failed to see it. Mudwoman ~ @joycecaroloates.bsky.social

Nat “No Love” Dove had a cool skeleton outfit

Settling into the MVP Showcase on YouTube, open workouts alongside three pro fights

"The symbolism will be hard to miss: In the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, the statue of a Black teenager who fought against segregation will replace a Confederate general who fought to preserve slavery."

Was this for real?

Jen and I are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.

Getting myself in the habit of a Monday #HittingTheBooks post (there’s no hard and fast rule, though). I’ll be reading four boxing novels throughout 2026, and posting my thoughts as I go. I’m hoping folks will read along with me, and add their voices to the conversation.

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

Ahead of the upcoming Jake Paul — Anthony Joshua fight, I’m revisiting this excellent analysis from @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2024/11/infl...

I LOVE Robinson. Too bad that the ending of The Woman in the Window is such a cop out. Excellent film and terrific Robinson performance.

"Having a president fire all the scientists, doctors, economists, PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don't know anything is actually NOT in America's best interest." – Ketanji Brown Jackson

ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”

new Substack post. (yes, it should be "JCO & me," precisely speaking, but the force of the pronoun "I" is needed, or so it had seemed to me at the time of the composition.)

It has at least a couple of scenes that wouldn't fly today. It is slow, but I like it.

Michael Dirda mentioned our recent publication, A MIND TURNED IN UPON ITSELF: Writings on J. S. Le Fanu by Jim Rockhill in the Washington Post today. Copies still available here: swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/a-...

Just in time for festivus

Something I love about boxing in a similar way

NICE!

The Micky Ward traffic circle in Lowell, MA.

The Andy Callahan Waterway in Lawrence, MA.

24 feet?!?

Amos Johnson Jr. (1938-2015) Mount Peace Cemetery Akron, OH