The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

If you are a "journalist" using AI to research & write your articles, get out of the business. The writing part is obvious. But the research part is just as worrisome. LLMs are literally next word guessers. Your field of knowledge is circumscribed by what's been fed in. Especially the garbage.

Davy Crockett is in the news as we push CONGRESSMAN DAVY to the finish line for release later this spring with an all-star cast of musicians. Find out how you can hop on the bandwagon below. As Davy himself says in one of our songs: "Just Go Ahead!" congressmandavy.bandzoogle.com/bring-congre...

The President wants a Disney Davy Crockett. CONGRESSMAN DAVY is something else. A musical that uses history to tell a tale about America right now: a polarized landscape with bad electoral losers, naked corruption & a revolutionary legacy hijacked by partisans. congressmandavy.bandzoogle.com 1/2

"Anthropic says..."

Interested to hear what alumni think.

Apparently it's #DavyCrockett day. So check out my musical written with Dean Schalbowske of the Waco Brothers. CONGRESSMAN DAVY tells the tale of Crockett's political career. It finds the women at the center of the story. And Edgar Allan Poe. And singing bear. 1/2 congressmandavy.bandzoogle.com

It's happening. April 16. 6 pm. New York City. The BEAUTY DOESN'T REACH ME book event. City Lore Gallery. We will have books. We might talk about history. And comic books. And death masks. More info at the link: citylore.org/events/beaut...

"To discover new evidence implicates the researcher – and compels us to take up the challenge of bringing it to the public." My essay on the stakes of excavating the story of Ernst Toller's death in my new book, BEAUTY DOESN'T REACH ME - is now at STAGE WRITE. stage-write.ghost.io/powers-we-pr...

Homicide.

Yes! The judge has ordered to unseal the identities of the DOGE staff at OPM storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NYC friends: April 16 at 6 PM BEAUTY DOESN'T REACH ME BOOK EVENT City Lore Gallery (56 E. First Street New York, NY 10003) I will chat. I will sign your book. It will be fun. Please come see us. citylore.org/events/beaut...

All authors do *not* use AI. Indeed, most abhor it. David Simon famously said he'd rather put a gun in his mouth. That is correct. Why do you pick up a pen or sit at a keyboard? If it is for pleasure and a challenge, you don't use AI. If you see it as a widget assembly operation, you use AI.

NEW at STAGE WRITE: "Powers We Pretend to Understand" My final essay in a series written to coincide with the publication of my new book, BEAUTY DOESN'T REACH ME, asks a simple question: "What does history owe Ernst Toller?" stage-write.ghost.io/powers-we-pr...

BOSNIA!

Says it all. youtu.be/nDKDBd22lNM?...

RED FLAG OF THE FUTURE US Premiere at DC's amazing Miracle Theatre.

The path of escalation is inevitable. An Iranian tollbooth on Hormuz invites three responses: 1) Board and tax the ships that do make it through. 2) Interdict the ships that do make it through and seize their oil or other cargo. 3) Sink any ship coming through regardless of its flagging.

The moral necessity of switching off the new Harry Potter underscores a major struggle in coming months. People who want to make change will not forsake the pleasures they deem necessities -- even when they put money in the pockets of those who destroy democracy and obliterate human rights.

Journalistic malpractice. Where are the editors?

The NYT says today’s #NoKings protests had “no shortage of skeptics,” and then quoted exactly one of those skeptics: The chairman of the Ole Miss College Republicans (as of 2025.) But of course, the Times doesn’t ID him as such. He’s just a Concerned Youth.

Totally revolutionary! Who'd have thunk?

My theory is that Slotkin listens more to crypto interests than to any actual voters.

Thank you, Chicago. Even got some work done.

Hard to know what color pilled this is.

Literally .... where is the Congress?

Makes sense we'd be visited by alien demons because we are in hell right now.

Meet the new owner of a TSA shutdown!

I, too, have lost interest in the war. Yet I remain dogged by higher prices and and utterly flummoxed by how the US Congress has abandoned its Article I powers. Again.

We absolutely need more "people who know how to get the curtain up at 7.30" in our theatre. Playwrights. Artistic directors. Board members. It's not just a tech or an acting thing. Takes so many humans working together to get that curtain up.

Hesketh was a rising star in the NYC art scene of the 1940s when she made Ernst Toller's death mask. Why did she exit the public stage so suddenly? Did any of her works survive? See "Hesketh: An Artist Lost & Found" & get a copy of BEAUTY DOESN'T REACH ME today: stage-write.ghost.io/hesketh-an-a...

TODAY: Fulton County faces off with the Justice Department in a battle to reclaim its ballots. A federal judge will hold a hearing on the matter at 9 a.m. ET. I’ll be there for @lawfaremedia.org. No electronics permitted in court, but stay tuned for updates. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/fult...

Summerall's girl falling down, sir. Having Trump show up to vote in person would have been a PR coup. @dicknixon.bsky.social

Chicago. Opening Day. GMan.

CONGRESSMAN DAVY recording in Chicago today. Needed some coffee.

I understand that it is 2026, and any human being possesses only the rights that they can assert and defend, but the Dramatists Guild Bill of Rights is explicit about this: "Right To Be Present: You always have the right to attend casting, rehearsals, previews, and performances." #playwright 1/2

Hesketh - the artist who made Ernst Toller's death mask - was a rising star in the burgeoning NYC art scene of the 1940s. Why did she withdraw suddenly from the public stage? Did any of her work survive? Read more at STAGE WRITE and order my new book today: stage-write.ghost.io/hesketh-an-a...

Very partial to Aja and Pretzel Logic. Many songs on every other record. But if you put a gun to my head, I would say that Countdown to Ecstasy is the most Steely Dan #steelydan record and the one I pretty much can't live without.

Hesketh was a rising star in the NYC art scene of the 1940s when she made Ernst Toller's death mask. Why did she exit the public stage so suddenly? Did any of her works survive? See "Hesketh: An Artist Lost & Found" & get a copy of BEAUTY DOESN'T REACH ME today: stage-write.ghost.io/hesketh-an-a...

It's not too early for the "Who lost Iran?" discourse, sir. @dicknixon.bsky.social

Chicago. Irving Park Road is my soul landscape.

Informal anecdotal and experiential survey reveals that people flying sick without masks is very much a 2026 thing. So when you see me with that N95 onboard ... it's self-defense.

When I started researching the mysterious death mask of Ernst Toller, I never thought I would find an origin story for Fredric Wertham's 1950s crusade against comic books. Read my essay on Wertham and order your copy of BEAUTY DOESN'T REACH ME: stage-write.ghost.io/comics-crime...

From the annals of trying to game the markets. NYT live blog 8:15ish AM: "Shortly after President Trump announced that the United States had held productive talks to end the war, the Israeli military said it had conducted a new wave of strikes against the Iranian government."

If only there were spines in Congress or the Cabinet with the courage to use the Constitutional provisions that could put a stop to this madness.

At this point, Spurs only need one door. The exit.

The clips I'm seeing from Bessent's media hit today are extraordinary. Sloppy non-arguments. An utter adandonment of reason. Simply bald-faced lies and belligerence in asserting them.

Don't make us use the Davy Crockett "magnetizing" trick! recording the remaining songs of CONGRESSMAN DAVY this coming week in Chicago ... and we need your help! Have a look at our page that lays out how you be a part of our project! congressmandavy.bandzoogle.com/bring-congre...