Rafael A. Mangual has compiled a list of stories from multiple media sources regarding the murder rates of multiple cities hitting either record homicides or the largest homicide rates in decades. The entire thread...
CNN prime time anchor Chris Cuomo was very involved in running media cover for his brother, disgraced former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo.
Life post-COVID is truly the undiscovered country, because COVID has changed society and we will be feeling those effects for decades to come.
Your OT Advent calendar this year will be musical. Today’s tunes are the “Malpas Wassail” and “Ocho Kandelikas.”
If I were to rewrite it, I’d probably hammer on Stoicism, Early Christianity, and Judaism instead of squashing everything together.
The rhetoric of governmental policy and the optics of “do something” governance are once again not adding up to effective government.
Your OT advent calendar will be musical. Todays songs are “God Bless the Master” and the English and Yiddish song “Hannukah, Oh Hannukah.”
Eleven (!) years of unsolicited recommendations. But, seriously, this year looks better than last year by a darn sight.
It’s time to teach our children how to face reality, and that truth is still objective, whether you like it or not
Todays OT Advent Calendar songs are “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and “Moaz Tzur,” also known as “Rock of Ages.”
The world has discovered “y’all” and they like what they hear. So all y’alls now want in on what some of us have been doing all along.
They don’t make them like they used to. Now they’re on sale! The Steam sale is here, and some old favorites are back for pennies
The emerging Omicron variant of Covid-19 in South Africa is causing concerns and returning travel restrictions worldwide.
On this Heard Tell we talk to our friend in Ireland Conor Duffy to turn down the noise, and get a wider perspective, on the culture & politics of the current news cycle
The following story is meant as humor. As far as we know Mike Pence does not do a spot-on Elmo impression when he has two lungsful of helium.
Peter Jackson treats “The Beatles: Get Back” as close to unfiltered as a project that might be the most digitally filtered ever can be.
Thanks to your generosity, we were able to upgrade our service plan. Hopefully this will help us address some of our performance issues.
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