Oh, My June 18, 2025 Okay, I’m basically taking the day off, but because many of you are allies of the LGBT community — for which I am truly grateful, and for which, in my view, the country is better off — I offer these two items: An anecdote from Star Trek’s George Takei re Howard Stern. Oh, my. The review of a new play I was leery about attaching my name to (you’ll instantly grasp why when you see the title) (and also because my support was so minor, it didn’t seem any credit was warranted, let alone a photo with the cast on Monday’s opening night) but the cast and script and direction and staging are BRILLIANT and I’ve never seen anything better. Plus, it’s at Playwright’s Horizon, a non-profit, so I’m not trying to enrich myself by selling you a ticket (which may be impossible to get after that review, anyway). Happy Pride, everybody. IMPORTANT BONUS I attended a small fundraiser with DNC Chair Ken Martin last night. He was so good. We are in extraordinary hands. I know things seem bleak, and the Party, adrift — but if you had been there, I think you would have left feeling, as all of us did: this guy gets it. This guy is going to make it happen. This guy deserves our full support. And you know what? We’re going to win. (Though having now finished Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s Original Sin, I have to tell you it’s really hard not to be really angry with the very small handful of people who allowed this tragedy to unfold in the first place.)