My Facebook friend Jonathan Kranz was canvassing in New Hampshire yesterday when he encountered the below charming specimen (reprinted with Jonathan’s kind permission): Today, I went out canvassing again, my fifth time in New Hampshire. Mostly, it’s been a pleasure; for all my bitching and moaning, I love my country and I take the honor …
Over My Dead Body
I’ve always been intrigued by mushrooms, but ever since moving to the midwest, three years ago, I’ve been flat-out obsessed. Last year I attended the Telluride Mushroom Festival, a kind of mycological cross between Burning Man and Davos; and this year I’ll be attending the National Morel Festival, from which I hope to report back …
Three Questions for Joan Walsh
Dear Joan, I get that you’re mad. But: Q1: Did you ever consider that there’s a reason the “likeability” issue gets more traction with Hillary Clinton than, say, Elizabeth Warren? Yeah, Clinton absolutely was, and remains, a target of the right. Also, she’s aiming higher, which makes her more of a target. But perhaps—as you …
Just Some Tuesday A.M. Bern
Because if being, “some of the most irritating human beings on the planet, as if they took every annoying fucking trait of the Paulites and said to themselves- ‘Let’s take this to eleven.’” is wrong I don’t want to be right. More / better below the fold.
Consider the Cow
I’ve been haunted, recently, by the news that 35,000 dairy cows froze to death in a massive blizzard in west Texas and east New Mexico. It’s not the first time, or worst time, that’s happened. I know that if I posted a story about a dog left outside to die in the cold, you’d all …
Happy Belated Birthday Dolly Parton!
Happy belated 70th birthday to Dolly Parton, a true national treasure: singer, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur–and, from all accounts, truly decent human being. So which of her many wonderful songs to use? Whitney Houston’s belting cover of Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” is always something to hear. (And now kind of melancholy, knowing what came …
Meet the Radical Brownies
Some crappy personalities in the news today, so here’s something nicer. Meet The Radical Brownies. The Radical Brownies, a social justice-oriented version of the Girl Scouts, was set up only a few weeks ago to “empower young girls of colour to step into their collective power, brilliance and leadership to make the world a more …