ESSENTIAL WORKERS DESERVE BETTER. As Thomas Carter Edsall explains, their wages are low and heading lower. And we can't live without them. Solutions? Tax on automation, Earned-Income Tax Credit, and more respect. ow.ly/arA750AguXJ

WHO'S KILLING THE ANIMALS? Hearing reports of late-night hot-rodding on the paths of River Legacy Park near Viridian, leaving nocturnal creatures battered, bloody and dead. If it's fun, it's sick fun. The Shorthorn TCU Arlington, TX Police @ViridianDFW

My Dad helped build the original Lunar Module for NASA in the 1960s. Proud to send his name to Mars. Send your name too! mars.nasa.gov/participate/se…

DAIRY COWS ARE REAL MOTHERS is the focus of an award-winning short film, which led to me getting a shout-out in Psychology Today. ow.ly/un5850B1I2a

HAPPY 100, MR. ANGELL. The writer who taught me that writing about baseball was writing about life. Happy 100 today. The New Yorker David Cone ow.ly/UyVh50BvKO6

JUST VOTED at the University of Texas at Arlington MAC. Took 30 minutes. Everyone was masked, social distancing, looking out for one another, and happy to be doing our part for democracy. Your turn! UTA Dept. of Comm.

WE'RE NOT SO DIFFERENT, especially if you look in our refrigerators ow.ly/kwH450C4W8b Thanks, John Keefe The Upshot

TURNOUT IS LOOKING GREAT but according to this data, most of the few who expect to stay home would have voted Republican. ow.ly/7R5j50C8b89 @monkeycageblog

THEY'RE BACK! The #cormorants have returned to the waters of #RiverLegacyPark in #ArlingtonTX. The #pelicans are sure to follow.

COUNTRY (MUSIC) OVER PARTISANSHIP is a great way to make a musical statement. Thanks Tim McGraw and @THubMusic #Undivided

COUNTRY (MUSIC) OVER PARTISANSHIP is a great way to make a musical statement. Thanks @THubMusic and Tim McGraw #Undivided ow.ly/cg1150DeStK

For the second year in a row, The University of Texas at Arlington is the nation’s top four-year institution for veterans and their families, according to Military Times.

Run from daylight! Michael Kay David Cone Yanks' league-worst OPS in day games is dropping.

YIKES, STRIPES! Sometimes (not often lately) the news can make you smile. #zebras NYTimes.com ow.ly/MXmc50Gk8Lu

This gives me chills

Check out this article from The New York Times. Because I'm a subscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. nytimes.com/2022/10/20/bus…

WHY NOT LOWER THE VOTING AGE? Habits last best when they start young. nytimes.com/2022/12/02/wor…

A STORY ABOUT INOCULATION: UTA Communication researchers Roger Gans and Mengqi Monica Zhan have just published a new peer-reviewed article in the International Journal of Business Communication. The University of Texas at Arlington UTA Dept. of Comm. doi.org/10.1177/232948…

WHY DON'T THEY VOTE? My new article in the Western Journal of Communication suggests some reasons why. Here's a (free) link: tandfonline.com/eprint/SVERBFB…