Thanks to Short Reads for publishing “Back Seat” about the time I overheard my 82-year-old mother murmur a certain word to her 86-year-old beau. @short-reads.org.

From WaPo: “Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem …told reporters that the ICE officers were attempting to push their vehicle that had gotten “stuck in the snow” when the woman “attacked them and those surrounding them” with her vehicle. But video shows no one “stuck in snow.”

Thanks to the Star Tribune for making its content on the ICE shooting public. Startribune.com

My very smart colleagues are doing excellent coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis today. I would urge you to follow along with local sources familiar with the area and the residents here.

Listen to the women. (Gift article)

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

The Smithsonian Institution has removed from an exhibit a reference to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments. It’s a decision that comes as the White House exerts pressure to offer a more positive — and selective — view of American history.

Trump went to the Pope's funeral, but ..."Trump told aides he wanted to make it back to his golf resort in New Jersey before the end of the day."

Feral tulips

This guy is the absolute worst. gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...

President Zelenskyy was the adult in the room. Trump and Vance were merely schoolyard bullies. So ashamed for my country-- and not only today.

This podcast is like a fresh breeze after a hurricane – an intelligent discussion with journalist Maritsa Georgiou, former Montana Sen. Jon Tester, & guests. A necessary addition to the national discourse. Do yourself a favor & give a listen. groundedpodcast.podbean.com

Like nothing else, Roberta Flack's singing can put me right back in that time, the early 70s, of heartbreak mixed with all the possibilities that lay ahead of me. Thanks for the memories. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/a...

Jonathan Edwards is sometimes criticized for having too dim a view of human nature, but it may be helpful to be reminded that his grandmother was an incorrigible profligate, his great-aunt committed infanticide and his great-uncle was an ax-murderer. Marsden, Jonathan Edwards; A Life #Sundaysentence

Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day: “apprehension — fear that something bad or unpleasant is about to happen.”