There Will Be No Quiz April 26, 2024 Who has time for all this stuff? Stop the world, I want to get off! (Next week: some great current Broadway shows for your consideration.) That said, I offer these items in case you do have time. There will be no quiz: > Heather Cox Richardson reflects on the bills President Biden signed yesterday. She writes so calmly and clearly — in the old days, all but a few on both sides of the aisle would, at least in the main, be nodding approval. Worth sharing. > Pete Buttigieg fans may enjoy this profile. How far we’ve come since Frank Kameny, Barbara Gittings, and eight others picketed the White House nearly 60 years ago. The courage that must have taken! Republican legislators fought equality every step of the way; but by now many have come to value their LGBT family members, colleagues, neighbors, and friends. > Liz Cheney argues that the Court should rule swiftly on Trump’s immunity claim. They never should have accepted the case in the first place, if you ask me; but having done so, should have heard it immediately. Even f they had to work on a Saturday. Clearly, having just argued the case, both sides were fully prepared. Why the delay — other than to serve Trump? “Contempt of court” seems rightly to have morphed into “contempt for the Court” in the wake of ethics revelations and the willful way Trump’s appointees seem to have lied to win confirmation. > Paul London explains why high interest rates may not be the best way to fight inflation, now that it’s down to just slightly above the Fed’s 2% target. He has a better way. > Yesterday’s sermon against Christian Nationalism struck me as worthy of an amen! — so I’m posting it again. Have a great weekend.