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Higher Ed, literature and contemporary fiction, jazz and blues—cats, too. Progressive Dem politics and human rights. Happy to live in the beautiful Hudson Valley.
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I confess: I’m in the pocket of Big Do Your Own G.D. Writing or Don’t Call Yourself a Writer.

submitted 5 days ago • 17 comments

What they are saying: Make America Healthy Again What they are doing: - Removing millions from healthcare access - Restricting vaccine access - Slashing the budget for medical research in half

submitted 15 days ago • 51 comments

I’m sharing this important and timely essay on Memorial Day by historian Drew Faust (not incidentally the former president of a university under attack). It’s worth the read as we celebrate Memorial Day. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/o...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

WATCH: Chris Murphy gives a masterclass in how to dismantle the cosplay queen, AKA Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

submitted 48 days ago • 1033 comments

This is an important article, worth reading, and an index of how far our expectations of our elected officials have fallen. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

This can't be said enough. The narrative is quickly becoming but universities need fed funds, when it should be that the fed govt needs universities. NCI/NIGMS funding to Harvard/MIT supported research that led to the discovery of Herceptin, a cancer drug that has saved 3 million lives to date! 🧪

submitted 63 days ago • 11 comments

Why the El Salvador cases are so much worse than the war on terror “renditions” and “transfers.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

submitted 65 days ago • 8 comments

ICYMI, the pope's letter on reading:

submitted 66 days ago • 6 comments

Just before 1 a.m., #SCOTUS stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation with a (remarkable) ruling that suggests, among other things, that a majority of the justices is tiring of the Trump administration’s Calvinball. For more, see the latest “One First”: www.stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-su...

submitted 68 days ago • 137 comments

We got the yips

submitted 77 days ago • 71 comments