This inspired me to call an old friend that I worked with at NIH. (He later went on to be one of the top people in the National Cancer Institute.) We had a great conversation affirming RR's post below...

You don't have to live in FL to get big laughs from this. And don't miss one of the funniest movie scenes ever recorded. open.substack.com/pub/davebarr...

Dave Barry telss us what's great about America: davebarry.substack.com/p/america#po...

Trump & the oligarchs removing safety measures for workers to increase their own obscene profits...

I had some truly wonderful Haitian nurses when I was in the hospital...

This is a very positive story about a difficult situation and best of all, no politics. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

The truth about the reflecting pool (hint, it isn't vandals): open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

It's important to understand how Social Security can be saved. It's not difficult, but does involve a little math.

Comics as an educational tool is a very old idea... www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/06/08/a...

More fun from Dave Barry: Planning Your Summer Family Vacation open.substack.com/pub/davebarr...

Memorial Day 2026 They didn't give their lives for an autocracy anntelnaes.substack.com/p/memorial-d...

I keep hearing that one of America’s biggest problems is we’re “divided and polarized.” What do you think? I share some thoughts on this in my latest Substack. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-problem-isnt-that

Donald Trump just stole $1.7B from us — and he's creating a slush fund to reward his political allies. I've never seen anything like this in my 50 years in politics. It makes Nixon look like a boy scout. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/t...

Modern Medical Care open.substack.com/pub/davebarr...

This actually sounds like a plausible way of removing our mentally ill president. Not sure how much benefit it would be for the country, but it could lower the risk of future insane actions like the Iran war... robertreich.substack.com/p/what-i-hea...

The national debt just crossed a once-unthinkable threshold: It now exceeds 100% of America’s GDP. But there's an important piece missing from the conversation about the debt that you should know about. Let me explain... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-no-one-will-tell-you-about-the

This is scary for the future of workers:

Free viewing through tomorrow, May 4. Watch and pass along. kinema.com/events/Democ...

A lovely NYT piece about Gerry Conway, complete with quotes from the man himself. I was caught off-guard by my own name at the end, and now I'm crying again. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/a...

Starting today! Watch DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE for free from May 1-4 www.democracyundersiegedoc.org/videos

Out this week is Generation X-23 #3, the last issue that the late Jacopo Camagni worked on. It also marks ten years since I left my day job to be a full-time writer. I wrote about both in a new newsletter post. jodyhouser.substack.com/p/12-remembe...

Action required:

Approaching 1 light day from Earth, Voyager I is one of the greatest overachievements in the history of technology... www.npr.org/2026/04/19/n...

Some awesome humor relief. Enjoy: open.substack.com/pub/davebarr...

Hoping everyone's preparing for expensive fall food prices...

If Republicans end up disowning Trump over this image, it’s not because he’s portraying himself as the Messiah. It’s because he’s giving away free healthcare.

Llistening to the Artemis astronauts inspired me to find this song. If you're not familiar with the Nylons, do yourself a favor and check out their music - a favorite of mine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Fw...

fans of netflix's #thewitcher, remember the brawl at princess pavetta's betrothal? the one that led to geralt getting a child of surprise? BID ON A SCREEN-USED PROP TO BENEFIT BREAST CANCER RESEARCH!!! go look at @cancergetslost.bsky.social 's latest extravaganza! www.icollector.com/Witcher-The-...

Trump’s threat to take out all the bridges & power plants in Iran is not only physically impossible, it would be a massive war crime that our military should reject out of hand. Why hasn’t the media reported this properly?

If Biden had ever posted something this insane we'd have seen an immediate invocation of the 25th amendment. With Trump it's just another (Easter) day at the office...

Imagine being on your way to the moon and there may be a problem with the toilet - or if you're an older lunar astronaut thinking "they have a toilet?"

We marched with @anntelnaes.bsky.social's epic cartoon that was rejected by her editor and signaled Bezos's media capture of the @washingtonpost.com It was this and the threat to press freedom that triggered her courageous resignation. Defend Democracy #BreakUpBigTech #BreakUpBigMedia 4/

Who will I be seeing at MegaCon in Orlando in a few days?? You can find me at Artist Alley P85 all weekend! And be nice to my mom, who will be with me at the show 💖 #MegaCon

A nice compact history of the Patriot uprising in Boston in 1775: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Great & popular story: If you'd like to read HOOT (which was banned last week in the New Braunfels school district in Texas, which this particular burrowing owl clearly does not appreciate), the ebook is on sale now for $2.99! carlhiaasen.com/books/hoot/

It's not the public interest FCC chairman Brendan Carr cares about anntelnaes.substack.com/p/its-not-th...

Who’s Winning from Trump’s War on Iran? Follow the Money. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-follow-the-war-money

Eisenhower warned us: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

I was born in Hagerstown. The people living in this area are rightly concerned about this: austinkocher.substack.com/p/a-closer-l...

Dave Barry's latest: open.substack.com/pub/davebarr...

"The disrespect shown by Trump was so embarrassing that Fox News attempted to gloss over the incident by airing footage of a previous dignified transfer during their coverage of yesterday’s dignified transfer."

The lies keep piling up. This is not partisan. Lies are wrong. As is killing innocent people.