News: "Senate Democrats cave, open path to reopening government despite getting no guaranteed deal on Obamacare subsidies." Makes me appreciate all the more how Obama himself managed to get Obamacare through the Senate in 2010. Not even the Dems support it.

"At the DART crossing, a chance to yield or collide— partnership or death." The Wheel: DART Plays Chicken with Plano www.marksteger.com/2025/11/dart...

"North of Bangkok’s hum, the schoolyard blooms with rhythm— every grin a song." The Wheel: POTD: Ratbamrung School Assembly www.marksteger.com/2025/11/potd...

"Old stones, young woman, each in perfect harmony. Two worlds intertwine." The Wheel: POTD: Wat Chaiwatthanaram www.marksteger.com/2025/11/potd...

Breaking: "Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent." www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

"A room full of plans, but none with an open door. Home is the first step." The Wheel: Council Recap: Unhoused Initiatives www.marksteger.com/2025/11/coun...

Zohran Mamdani was born in Uganda and became a naturalized American citizen in 2018. That means he is ineligible for the US Presidency. That's America's loss, but it also means we'll be spared an outpouring of bigotry and xenophobia if he did run for President.

The Wheel: The Recruit - S01 (TV 2022) www.marksteger.com/2025/11/the-...

BREAKING: Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful vice presidents in United States history, has died. I guess now we'll find out, once and for all, whether George W Bush can speak.

"Don't wall out the poor. Don't favor the fortunate. One street, many doors." The Wheel: Council Recap: Housing Study www.marksteger.com/2025/11/coun...

"Neglected kitchens Serve up questionable food. Dine here if you dare." The Wheel: The Worst Places to Eat in Richardson Last Month www.marksteger.com/2025/11/the-...

Happy Halloween. The Wheel: POTD: Return to Infinity www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

The Wheel: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) www.marksteger.com/2025/10/spri...

"AI or Nextdoor, each with confidence supreme, grow rumors like weeds." The Wheel: POTD: Clear-cutting Memorial Park www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

"Cities count pennies, dream of tracks without DART trains. Freedom or failure?" The Wheel: A Penny Here, a Penny There www.marksteger.com/2025/10/a-pe...

This week's NextDoor damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you don't controversy. One commenter complains that a bench on the sidewalk by Del's hamburger doesn't face the street. Another complains that a bench on the sidewalk by Berkner Park does.

This week's NextDoor controversy: Half the commenters bemoan removal of trees in the small Memorial Park. The other half don't care about trees. They want to take parkland to add a turn lane.

"Thank you," Mr. Mayor, he begins with calm and grace. Truths said with a smile." The Wheel: "I Go By Arefin." www.marksteger.com/2025/10/i-go...

"Roots cradle the face, holding Buddha's patient smile. earth becomes the shrine." The Wheel: POTD: Wat Mahathat Buddha www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

"Young monks in saffron, walking where kings once knelt down — Centuries converse." The Wheel: POTD: Wat Mahathat Monks www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

The Wheel: House of Guinness (TV 2025) www.marksteger.com/2025/10/hous...

"Ad hoc or ad not depends whose hand calls the shot. Lines blur in the sand." The Wheel: Council Recap: Institutional Jealousy www.marksteger.com/2025/10/coun...

"In the polling booth, My choices are yes or no. This choice is easy." The Wheel: The Wheel's November 2025 Voters Guide www.marksteger.com/2025/10/the-...

"Summer palace gleams, echoes of long-ago kings— Thailand's royal dream." The Wheel: POTD: Bang Pa-In Royal Palace www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

"Tracks through the jungle, echoes of hammers and pain, ghosts still haunt the rails." The Wheel: POTD: The Death Railway www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

"Mangos, silk, and smiles, bargains pass from hand to hand. Old trade on the tide." The Wheel: POTD: Bangkok Floating Market www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

The Wheel: One Battle After Another (2025) www.marksteger.com/2025/10/one-...

The Wheel: Superman (2025) www.marksteger.com/2025/10/supe...

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated." | Anne Frank "Are we the Nazis now?" | Joyce Vance joycevance.substack.com/p/are-we-the...

"Longboats slice the waves, while man sits, silent, noble, with temples behind." The Wheel: POTD: Quiet Spot on the Chao Phraya River www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

Education Dept. "cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act." Step by step, instead of "America First," we're getting "Young, White, Able-bodied Males First." www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

"Royal palace gleams, tourist stretches arms held wide, snapshot of Bangkok." The Wheel: POTD: Tourist Strikes Pose at Grand Palace www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

"Shining saffron robe, snap of joy in sacred place, peace caught in pixels." The Wheel: POTD: Monk Strikes Pose at Grand Palace www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

Today's question on "Truth or hoax?" "RFK Jr pushes fringe claim linking autism to circumcision." Sad to say, that one's true. Not the claim. That RFK Jr is pushing it.

The Wheel: La Dolce Villa (2025) www.marksteger.com/2025/10/la-d...

News: "Illinois files lawsuits seeking to block Texas National Guard soldiers from being deployed." Great. President deploys national guard across the Mason-Dixon line. It seems like this rhymes with something bad from American history.

"Transparency grows in small steps toward the sun's truth, never all at once." The Wheel: Transparency is Not Like Pregnancy www.marksteger.com/2025/10/tran...

The Wheel: Black Rabbit (TV 2025) www.marksteger.com/2025/10/blac...

Public speakers were out in force today at the Richardson Texas City Council meeting to speak on behalf of Marwan Marouf, a community leader from Richardson, TX, who was detained by ICE on Sep 22, 2025, while dropping his son at school...

"Texas to Thailand, Sticker's global defiance, Under golden spires." The Wheel: POTD: No I.C.E. www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

"Jade not emerald, A green stone guards the kingdom. Bangkok's beating heart." The Wheel: POTD: Emerald Buddha www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

"Between marble past, and gilded still eternity, giant seeks his peace." The Wheel: POTD: Bigfoot in Bangkok www.marksteger.com/2025/10/potd...

"Neglected kitchens Serve up questionable food. Dine here if you dare." www.marksteger.com/2025/10/the-...

Trump: "We're under invasion from within." Police: "Sir, we've traced the call. It's coming from inside the White House."

"Shadows lengthen fast. Our last day in Rome unfolds. Farewell in each step." www.marksteger.com/2025/09/potd...

"Opera complete, we step out into the night. Rome sings in our hearts." www.marksteger.com/2025/09/potd...

"At last the rooftop, Michelangelo’s great crown, Standing where he dreamed." www.marksteger.com/2025/09/potd...