Thursday miscellanea #474

Lea and I had an out-of-the-blue conversation about Aretha Franklin not two weeks ago. “Freeway of Love” came on and I noted how unlikely it seemed for her to have such a big hit in the middle of the ’80s, but that the song worked all the way around—definitely hers, but also definitely part of … Read more

Normalizing Trump’s social media behavior degrades the republic

About five years ago, I wrote a little bit about how refreshing it would be to deflate the excessive celebrity of the office of President of the United States. Too much of an understatement to say things are not going as I had hoped? I think we’ve been sliding steadily down this hill since the … Read more

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