Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

"Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.You are neither wanted here nor needed here.Your remarks about this effort over the last several weeks have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties and are not fit for the auspicious office you occupy." - JB Pritzker www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eemt...

Art is necessary for democracy. “The artist forges himself to resist his time’s tyrannies. True artists refuse to serve injustice and lies.” - Albert Camus @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #Art

When your flight is delayed at SFO, you go to a drag show, of course. #sanfrancisco #pride

Trump and Marco Rubio have children's blood on their hands from the dismantling of medical aid for HIV treatment. Gift article with details about children's deaths below: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/rubio-usaid-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LU8.1nWH.0hOXle7x7f25&smid=url-share

Hands Off - Day of Action in New York City. The power of a peaceful protest!

“I’m going to ask you again. Where were you when you joined the Signal chat and why were you there?”

Bravo to Costco for standing up to anti-DEI efforts! I used to be critical of Costco for silly reasons but not any longer. More companies need to show this resolve… www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/b...

Recommended reading: A timely (and timeless!) analysis of the dangerous allure of ignorance. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...

Grateful for the world’s farmworkers, who are often forgotten and invisible amid the abundances. Happy Thanksgiving.

The best nonfiction book FOR 2024 was published in 1960: “The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich,” by William Shirer. The political and character parallels are spine-chilling. Santayana’s prophetic admonition about forgetting the past sounds a new alarm on every page. #books

Samantha Harvey’s novel, “Orbital,” which won the 2024 Booker Prize, is possibly the most beautifully written book of the last 10 years. It’s a love letter to earth, to the cosmos, and to humanity. #books thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

A peaceful, moving protest: Maori members of New Zealand's parliament perform a "haka" to protest a bill that would reinterpret a treaty between Britain and the indigenous people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N__O...

"The Saturday Shift": a piece about my brief, bewildering life as a waiter in England. (I set the dining room on fire, and then this happened....) www.pangyrus.com/zest/the-sat...

"King of Pawns," my short story about a pawn broker, a mysterious mountain man, and two wolves: readwildness.com/33/rompf-king

A controversial plan to build a spaceport on the shores of Lake Superior: www.newyorker.com/news/us-jour...

"When Tarzan Met Leonardo," an essay about Guy Davenport, in Harvard Review: www.harvardreview.org/content/a-le...

"Once More To The Pond," my essay about reading Thoreau's "Walden" four times in different places. www.harvardreview.org/content/once...

"Ancient Greek On The Grass," in The New Yorker: A brilliant actor performs a one-man Odyssey in Ancient Greek. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...