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I thought I was way past being shocked by anything Trump does, but this story that broke yesterday will go down in history — and not in a good way. First, we have a bipartisan group of senators saying that they were told by Marco Rubio that the plan...

Republicans across the country, spurred by President Donald Trump and encouraged by House Speaker Mike Johnson, are pushing hard to redraw as many congressional districts as possible in order to ...

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Marjorie Taylor Greene, former Trump loyalist, says she's resigning from ...

Seventeen lives were lost in the Washita Flood of 1934, that brought about the flood prevention system for the surrounding area. Little known is this flood with its impact and death toll. Less known than that, is the Cheyenne and Arapaho band that...

Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...

CW: Discussion of suicide loss Over the past year, birding has become a source of emotional healing. I lost my friend Robin to suicide on March 3, 2024. Her loss left me broken and empty in a way in which I had never experienced. I’m on the board for a...

While writing has been around for several thousand years, and movable type has been used in printing European languages since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440, the typewriter—...

I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers & Jeers". OK, you've been warned - here is this week's...

How much property does Donald Trump own in New Your city and how much money and aggravation could Mamdani create and cost Trump? Actually, I’m kind of amazed that the news organizations haven’t figured this out yet? If you think MTG is simply going...

Vladimir Putin, aided and abetted by his venal and uncurious minion, Krasnov are at it again .. shoving ransom notes disguised as “Peace Proposals” at Ukraine under the threat of American abandonment(as if there has been any substantive American aid...