What does America owe this family? theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Elon Musk and Trump are feuding to distract you from Caity Weaver's first story in The Atlantic. Don't let them win! Read the story!! theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

“It used to be that before we committed to a position on any significant matter, we would wait to see where the United States stood. Now? We really don’t care anymore," an ambassador from a U.S. ally told Jeff Flake. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Ah, memories…

Deseret News on Mike Lee: “The tweets were unacceptable for anyone, let alone from a member of the Senate. It revealed a lack of compassion for both victims and their loved ones and cast a poor light on Utah.” Editorial calls on Lee to apologize deseret.com/opinion/2025/0…

Wrote this in April 2017

Substance aside, props to whoever taught the NATO secretary general how to speak Trump. A language that anyone in his position needs to be fluent in.

"Humans will need luck to survive this period," Jeffrey Goldberg writes in the new issue of The Atlantic. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Very sad situation here nytimes.com/athletic/64612…

Idaho Attorney General: ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ sign cannot be displayed in Idaho schools because they are “part of an ideological/social movement.” idahoednews.org/top-news/attor…

Incredible. "Paramount said its payment includes Mr. Trump’s legal fees and costs and that the money, minus the legal fees, will be paid to Mr. Trump’s future presidential library."

Stranger than that: He suggested that tougher restrictions on immigrants could make many “self-deport” and this was seen as a costly gaffe. Even stranger: Guess who said Romney lost votes bc of that policy. politico.com/story/2012/11/…

"By the fall of 1851 the paper shortage was so acute that...people could get a paid subscription in exchange for the worn top from the covered wagon that brought them across the plains." Fascinating history here, as the Deseret News News turns 175: deseret.com/special-series…

Prediction: This will make little difference in American politics, but it will be terrible for churches.