Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

My two cents on The Chicago Bears threatening to move to Indiana if Illinois doesn't give them eleventy-zillion taxpayer dollars to build a new stadium: F 'em. If they want a new stadium so bad, they can pay for it themselves. Illinois taxpayers have better things to spend their money on.

Several treatment centers have been destroyed and tensions are rising in Congo, the center of the Ebola outbreak.

Found this in a used bookstore yesterday. One of my very favorites from childhood, I must have read this books dozens of times. It feels like a good moment to revisit it. And don’t miss Yellow House Books if you’re ever in the Berkshires. It’s filled with gems like this.

definitely not following you

For a growing number of rich Americans, holding multiple citizenships and residencies is an insurance policy against economic and political uncertainty in the U.S.

Turning an empty street corner into a stray, cat shelter. The world needs more people like you. 🐈‍⬛