Consider the storm the final knock out punch in a fifteen round boxing match. My book focuses on the first fourteen rounds which no one heretofore bothered to write in-depth
. The storm simply put it over the top.

Join me TONIGHT (2/26) for another WRECKED book talk at
Appleton Public Library. Find out why the Edmund Fitzgerald really sank and how it explains the economic collapse in the 1970s.

Thanks Steve and CapTimes for sharing my Jesse Jackson piece.

Criminal. In ten years when AI-robots are doing most of today’s manual labor the only thing we will have left is our humanity. Humanities’ degrees will be the most important and valuable. Big mistake UT. (Texas has one of the largest endowments in the country.)

What’s your favorite Olympic event? Mine is the 4-hour sofa-sectional rest.

Some exciting news on the book front. Here’s a clue. More to come…

Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy - Kindle edition by Nelson, Thomas M, Podair, Jerald. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy.

Looking for a good book to take in next to the fireplace on a punishingly cold winter night? Check out my latest, WRECKED: THE EDMUND FITZGERALD AND THE SINKING OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, and learn why the Mighty Fitz really sank.

Medicare for All isn't radical.

What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost.

Please don't tell me we can't do the same.

Check out my thoughts on the #WiSupremeCourt race in the @theprospect.bsky.social
and why — as @ddayen writes — it is “the most important election of the year.” @emmarjanssen.bsky.social

Truth. @sanders.senate.gov

@thenewrepublic

Now would be a good time for the GOP to own up to their collusion with Iran in 1980 to delay the release of the hostages and throw the POTUS election. #NeverForget

Our collie, ‘Barb’ coming out of her turkey coma. Happy Thanksgiving!

At first I thought they were announcing another round of Trump cabinet appointments.

This needs no quote…

Devastated by the news of the passing of my former Assembly colleague and friend, Fred Kessler. Fred’s service to his city and our state for 64 years was unrivaled — as an advocate, legislator and judge. We lost a good one. May his name and legacy live on.