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The importance of being angry

Kristi Noem jolted me from political complacency Ever since Stew and I moved twenty years ago to a small ranch about a thousand miles south from the U.S. border, our reaction to political news from home has gradually morphed from outrage to resignation, or even worse, complacency. The absurd has become ho-hum. Plans to be…

Let it snow!

Did someone say “Let it snow”? Yesterday morning we woke up to dire news that New York City was about to be pummeled by a “beastly bomb cyclone causing widespread blizzard conditions,” according to a hyperventilating copywriter at CNN. Twenty inches of snow was expected in Central Park! Authorities were supposed to ban most travel…

My first Super Bowl

The significance of Bad Bunny’s Halftime show Bad Bunny is a straight but gay-friendly Puerto Rican megastar, whose jumping and hips-and-butt gyrations would have made Elvis look arthritic. He’s also loudly pro-immigrant rights and will do his halftime Super Bowl show in Spanish—a combination that has already set the MAGA crowd’s hair on fire. Sports…

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