This inspired me. $19.94 for UNLV’s Big West title and Las Vegas Bowl win in Jeff Horton’s first season after defecting from UNR.

Does Schrader discuss impact of Janus v AFSCME, earlier exemption of police unions from Act 10 in Wisconsin, or differences in political power of police unions vs non-bargaining associations?

Feeling even better that I traded him for Sal Stewart

Now I’m even more upset my Friars didn’t make it. Would it just have been a New York System hot wiener? Or something Italian?

What Life’s Like for the Muslim Constituents of Congress’s Nastiest Islamophobe A visit to Nashville’s Little Kurdistan.

What Life’s Like for the Muslim Constituents of Congress’s Nastiest Islamophobe
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Ivey spares life of Sonny Burton The Alabama governor announced the commutation Tuesday, just two days before Burton's scheduled execution.

Gov. Ivey has spared the life of Sonny Burton, an Alabama man on death row. He was scheduled to be executed Thursday. www.treadbylee.com/p/ivey-spare...

Richmond Free Press ceases publication after 34 years A pillar of journalism for Richmond's Black community is closing its doors.

Heartbreaking sign of the times. Richmond's excellent Black-owned newspaper is shutting down. A huge loss for the entire region. www.vpm.org/news/2026-02...

The de-aging in the Jurassic Park commercial is especially awful because all of those actors have aged incredibly well

Close up of a beagle mix named Ollie in front of a bookcase

Ollie (RIP) never finished his book, a primer on napping, because he was too busy doing research.

Washington Post describing subscription renewal in an email received after the newspaper made sweeping layoffs

Reader, I canceled.

Sign outside shop in Boulder City, Nevada. “The 2nd Amendment is not the right to summary execution.”

Seen in Boulder City, one of the more conservative areas near Vegas

He posted that today but that segment aired in 2019, based on the WNBA final game listed in the bottom right

Frozen Four in Vegas…

Five classes from college:

Catholic Imagination of American Film
Philosophy of the Mind
Politics of the Sixties
Contemporary Moral Problems
Immigration Experience in US Since 1890

I have no memory of you taking Latin

Nevada State is adding athletics. Women’s flag football all and men’s track and field. Supposedly starting this spring but not many details yet

My dad still calls it the Providence Civic Center

Signs in a high school social studies classroom explaining the separation of powers.

If only

Episode 6 especially timely

Happy Nevada Day!

Feeling pretty good about drafting Trey Yesavage in my dynasty league.

Her Mentor Sent Richard Glossip to Death Row. Can She Give Him a Fair Trial? Judge Susan Stallings refuses to recuse herself from the third trial of Richard Glossip, despite her ties to the Oklahoma County DA’s office.

There’s a lot going on in this godforsaken country but if you have found yourself wondering “What’s up with Richard Glossip’s case?” here you go. My latest for @theintercept.com:

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

I’ve written about people who were exonerated after being imprisoned for 20, 30, and 40-plus years. Some were nearly executed. None of them ever saw anything near $320 million.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Spotify should be fined for their Power Pop playlist inexplicably including the boring studio version of Cheap Trick’s I Want You to Want Me.

Appreciate the rec! Didn’t get finger steaks the last time I was in town
and regretted it.

@sickoscommittee.org I’m at Vegas airport waiting for my flight to Boise (will be going to the UNLV game tomorrow!) and next gate over the UNM women’s volleyball is here rocking the turquoise.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

David Boaz would be proud. Thank you for what you do.

What's gone unsaid in all this talk about homeless people in DC is that so many in the Capital are veterans who are now having the military aimed back at them for the crime of being poor.

It’s not law. It’s not order. It’s just power.