In September's People, Politics, and Prose, host Ronald Granieri welcomes Benjamin Nathans to discuss his book, "To The Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement." Sign up now for the September 10 event. ow.ly/VnAn50T1ekh

Real heroes never stop hero-ing.

PME is a great gig! Apply if you fit the description because the pay, benefits, and job itself are all aces!

Come work with me!

I used to have a bald spot. Now I have a hair spot.

Every Sunday at the bakery: Nice young person: Do you want a bag (to combine the different boxes and small bags)? Me: No, thanks. I prefer the challenge. I have not yet gotten a laugh. But the first rule of Dad Jokes is you never stop making Dad Jokes. #committothebit

Well, #thueringenwahl2024 offers echoes of 1932. Wehret den Anfgängen!

Von einen Freund bekommen… Humor bringt es auf den Punkt. Man lacht bis man weint. Historikerin begeistert, dass sie live miterleben kann, wie das alles angefangen hat damals der-postillon.com/2024/09/aufsti…

This story is brrrrrrrtiful.

23 Prozent kannten ihn gar nicht.

JD Vance on CNBC says that if immigration was the path to prosperity, then "America would be the most prosperous country in the world." (Who wants to tell him ... )

Absolutely. 🙏

Crescat Scientia vita excolatur

In a difficult time, went to morning Mass in an unfamiliar Church in an unfamiliar town. Big suburban barn of a sanctuary, full of people of many colors and ages, singing joyfully and following the prayers of a priest from South Asia. So beautiful.

I am late in posting this, but hope you will all tune into this terrific conversation with my brilliant friend, Ben Nathans about his new book, "To The Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement" youtu.be/pYWpBanRLRg?si… via YouTube

What’s the best way to take a bridge? From both ends at once.

Is this the face that launched a thousand ships…?

No one from the so called Greatest Generation would call themselves that. The term is a creation of Baby Boomers who combined guilt for not having appreciated their parents when they were alive with the self-aggrandizing impulses for which they were already famous.