[NOTE: My former employer, the USPS, is close to being the least glamorous government agency. I learned there a basic lesson of working-class life: the better we did our jobs, the more invisible & taken for granted we were by the public. I’m not complaining. But as I watched and waded in the mail stream … Continue reading The Pills & The Post Office
Hey, Garrison, ‘bout time you sent us a postcard. Where are you and what are you up to? Why I am in Minnesota, if you wish to know The Column: 01.20.23 — GARRISON KEILLOR We came back to Minneapolis to see snow on the ground, there being none in Manhattan yet, and to drive around the … Continue reading Garrison Keillor Returns: Still Good-Looking & Above Average
AP News: David Crosby, rock star and CSNY co-founder, dies BY ROBERT JABLON — January 19, 2023 David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young, has died at 81, several media outlets … Continue reading BREAKING: David Crosby — And Another (Great) One Bites The Dust
Real headline, major paper: Okay — I can believe Santos didn’t perform “45 minutes ago.” But on his way to Congress, it was one long costume performance, and a total drag. I can’t wait to see his version of the Orange Jump Suit Perp Walk Two-Step. (Now, how do you say that in Portugese?)
Introduction: For me, the sudden abandonment of neutrality by Sweden and Finland after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine were like separate lightning bolts striking the same tree. How likely was that? Sweden had been a neutral country for 200+ years. Finland for 75, since 1948.