Angry Bear: Tooth Fairy Tariffs

"Trump claims his tariffs will bring in $3 trillion, enough to pay for the Big Beautiful Bill and also lower the national debt. This is magical thinking." Trump’s voodoo economics - Angry BearRead about Trump’s voodoo economicsAngry BearJoel Eissenberg

Bach: Happy times

Kantate: Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde, 1. Aria, BWV 83

Word of the Day: Pleonexia

And so we are launched into an era of lurid pleonexia.

Word of the Day: Elozable

Readily influenced by flattery

Word of the Day: Execrable

The senator's hold on the execrable Ed Martin was a huge mitzvah for which history will give him credit.

Shootout on the Rails

The town marshall was summoned to arrest two notorious bandits. It didn't go well.

Desert Island: Jessye Norman

If I were to be stranded on a desert island for 10 years and could take only 5 CDs with me, they would all feature Jessye Norman. Sure, there are many other singers I enjoy listening to, but none more than Jessye Norman. This is a 1986 recording of a

Eliot Higgins: Demanufacturing Consent

Actors of various types use the lenses provided by information media, with an impact amplified by social media and twisted by algorithmic distortion, to pursue wealth and power through deceit.

Word of the Day: Mishegoss

By every measure, the White House appears to be nothing more than a nest of mishegoss these days.

Al Gore on Power Seeking

Former US Vice President Al Gore spoke forcefully on an inversion of truth and intentional obfuscation of truth to seek power, drawing on the example of Nazi Germany.

The Many Wives of Wild Bill

There were 10, but not all at the same time.

Sunset at Seattle

Seattle viewed across Lake Washington from Kirkland at sunset. January 2025.