Want to see something really im-PRESS-ive? Visit Hornbake Library on #MarylandDay for the open house for a new acquisition in #UMDSpecialCollections: a 19th century iron printing press! ❤️🤍💛🖤 We won't be ready to print just yet, so explore the workspace & #rarebook exhibit!

What a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon: settled into the AFI Silver and luxuriating in the Blues Brothers movie. My friend Dan de Vise wrote a great new book on the film -- and he'll be there, sharing stories! silver.afi.com/Browsing/Movie…

I'm sorry. I can't sit idly by while media reporters are describing what's happening at The Washington Post as a "shit show." It is, technically, a "shite show." Words matter, people. notus.org/media/washingt…

Man, the Olympic opening ceremony in France went pretty fast from “Ou est la bibliotheque?” to “Menage a trois?”

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Heat Exchange: We went to Tokyo in July. What Were We Thinking? open.substack.com/pub/johnkellys…

Is it just me in Montgomery County, Md., but are others having trouble hearing the Olympic commentary on Xfinity and Peacock ? NBC Olympics & Paralympics is fine but on the others it’s all crowd noise.

Watching the Olympics has me wondering: "Who can I blame for not being good at sports?" Also, do you hate the Nike Olympics ad as much as I do? open.substack.com/pub/johnkellys…

I bet what you REALLY want RIGHT NOW are a few podcast recommendations. Here are a couple of mine, from BBC and BBC Sounds . One is positively dystopian, the other moderately true-crime. Read about them on my new Substack. substack.com/@johnkelly1541…

This is a great podcast, even if I do say so myself. And it’s the EXACT PERFECT length for the flight from DCA to ILM. (I know. I did it this morning.)

nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/… via @NYTimes Some people seem to be upset by this story. They should be. It shows the dangers of voting for Trump. I’m John Kelly* and I approve this message. *Not THAT John Kelly.

And The Washington Post isn’t even being consistent. Three weeks ago the paper endorsed Angela Alsobrooks for the Senate.

Trump fires the nation's archivist. Now he can literally do what he's been figuratively doing: wipe his ass with the Constitution. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

I have a new nickname for Elon Musk: DOGEbag, pronounced “doochebag.” Feel free to use, royalty-free!

I wonder if this will include a woman's personal liberty over her own body and the personal liberty to call a large body of water "the Gulf of Mexico" and the personal liberty not to be thrown from a high window if you disagree with Trump's friend Putin or the...

An editorial comment posted in a Washington Metro station elevator. I believe this is an expression of personal liberty.

Sole-searching: My family is worried about my increasing obsession with PUMA shoes. open.substack.com/pub/johnkellys…

Remember the Bamiyan Buddhas the Taliban destroyed in 2001? That's what Donald J. Trump , Elon Musk, JD Vance and their accomplices are doing to the U.S. Constitution. The world was disgusted by the Taliban. I think history will be disgusted by what's happening now, too.

. Donald J. Trump is the Liz Truss of the American economy. Sadly, he’s likely to last longer than 45 days — and do more damage.

1, 2, 3, 4. I declare a trade war. If only Donald J. Trump didn’t have such small hands/thumbs.