But first . . . this should be fun:

Longtime Trump inner circle confidante Stephanie Grisham to appear before 1/6 Committee.

. . . She resigned in response to the January 6 insurrection, and later published a book ironically titled, “I’ll Take Your Questions Now.” As press secretary Grisham never held even one press […]

A friend lied to me and a whole lot of other investors — and begins serving his five-year federal prison sentence next week.

Lying to investors is something you can’t do.

You can go to jail for that.

Here’s another thing you can’t do:

Tell lenders your building is worth $527 million while […]

Ten Things To Love About America

By Peggy Noonan, who, despite our differing views on some issues, is an 11th thing to love about America.

A twelfth is CBS Sunday Morning, for decades the most reliably good weekly 90 minutes on television.

And you don’t even need a TV to watch it.

Here’s […]

As if Thursday’s Grounds for Optimism were not enough . . .

The days are getting longer!

(For those in the Northern hemisphere.)

Parkinson’s protein blueprint could help fast-track new treatments!

Aaron Sorkin’s Being The Ricardos is streaming free!

(For Amazon’s 147 million “Prime” members here in the U.S.)

And it’s […]

Top 10 Wins For the Planet in 2021 – These Will Turn Anyone Into an Optimist

Well, maybe not anyone; that may be overly optimistic.

But it’s a great read.

Go, mankind, go!

With regard to America’s mess and the global struggle with autocracy, I’m not so much “optimistic” as hopeful.

And as for […]

Growing up back in the Mad Man era, there was a famous ad slogan:

“You don’t have to be Jewish to Love Levy’s real Jewish Rye.”

Turns out (more or less), you don’t have to be Jewish to be Jewish!

BONUS?

Marjorie Taylor Green on Mitch McConnell.

How has our country […]

But first . . .

Anybody know Merrick Garland?  If so, please forward this.  (Sure, he’s probably already seen it; but still.)

And now . . .

It’s hard not to love this heartwarming story of Secret Santa handing out C-notes.

But anyone who does find it heartwarming, it seems to me, should […]

Biden’s Economic Performance Has Proved Unbeatable
No first-year president going back to Carter comes close to matching the current White House occupant’s No. 1 or No. 2 ranking in each of 10 key measures.

Ok?

There’s loads more to be done — like somehow breaking the spell of those who’ve been made to believe the Earth is […]

There’s so much to love about Christmas.  And about each family’s traditions.

Ours involved my father down in the cellar each Christmas Eve trying to get the strings of lights to work as we decorated the tree upstairs; and my mother writing rhymes to go with each gift she and Dad wrapped after the tree […]

Amy Jo Hutchinson’s perspective . . .

. . . as the nation considers how much is too much to tax corporations and the wealthy . . .

. . . how much is too much child assistance to offer the working poor . . .

. . . how much is too much […]