My aunt Judy does serious genealogical research, which frees up the rest of us for the spurious kind. The most glamorous thing I’ve dug up so far involves an L.A. lawyer named Ted Kuster (no relation, I’m pretty sure), whose fame derives from his wife Una leaving him for the poet Robinson Jeffers (now remembered [...]
A balance sheet for the world’s largest supplier of arms to terrorist organizations.
Lillian is so ready to walk, in her own view at least. She spent most of the evening yesterday practicing the trick of doing various unrelated things while standing up unaided, like brandishing a pen or applauding herself. Her feet still stay planted, although at especially bold moments she will try a step or two [...]
Bobby: A New Life Another of the many good Dad journals out there.
To introduce a little refinement into your Friday, try a little Art History.
From Robert McChesney at the excellent Monthly Review magazine, more on that question of media filters: “The media system in the United States does not exist to serve democracy, it exists to generate maximum profit to the small number of very large firms and billionaire investors. It does this job very well.”
So let’s see: These clowns, who are in charge of protecting us, happily admit on national TV that their own actions are putting us in greater danger.
What happened? If I’d known what this kid knew in 9th grade, would school have been less painful?