And you wonder why gas prices have gone up, over 60% in my town!

Medicare for All - Household Savings Calculator Find out how much you would save under Medicare for All!

Worried about the cost? calculator.passmedicareforall.org

A new post, 'More on Dogs: Navigating other dogs', has been added to the Life, the Universe, and a Few Things blog, life-universe-fewthings.blogspot.com

'“He uses more profanity, speaks longer and regularly makes comments rooted in fantasy rather than fact.' (NY Times)
And, while down from 54% in 2023, 45% of Americans think he is still mentally sharp.
THAT is concerning!

OMG. This is an actual picture of the Oval Office with a gold sign saying "Oval Office" and the POTUS taking a delivery from McDonalds!

Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students

How outrageous is this? How autocratic!
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

'When you launch a war of choice, which is what this was, and you expend great resources, lose brave, precious lives in the process, and you don’t meet your objectives — to me that sounds like a failure.' -- Carlos Lozada

GOP lawmakers move to bar Arizona from bringing wolf pups to state PHOENIX — A Benson Republican lawmaker says Arizona lawmakers need to heed the lessons of a fairy tale when considering whether to preserve Mexican gray wolves.

'"Little Red Riding Hood understood that this is a predator that we're dealing with,'' said Rep. Lupe Diaz...."The whole story of Little Red Riding Hood is that this predator's going to get you.'''
Now the AZ GOPs are making laws based on the Grimm brothers!
tucson.com/news/state-r...

Opinion | How Much Humiliation Can JD Vance Take?

This is how many tears I shed for Vance: 0
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...

'The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s former assistant director for counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi posted: “The American president has lost his mind.”' -- Heather Cox Richardson

Is Lauren Betts having an allergic/anaphylactic reaction?

A new post, 'Philosophizing and pontificating by authors in their novels gets more Intense when they get older and successful​' , has been added to the Life, the Universe, and a Few Things blog, life-universe-fewthings.blogspot.com

Illinois: If you insist on missing layups, you're gonna lose.

All teams in men's Final Four are public state "flagship" universities: Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan.

Many successful novelists seem to use their books to have their characters go on about their view of life and topics scarcely related to the plot later in their careers? I've noticed a bunch...John MacDonald, James Lee Burke, Dick Francis, and others, most recently Walter Mosely and John Burdett...

'When it comes to history, Trump’s most common errors involve (1) when events happened, and (2) what happened.'
--Andy Borowitz

Catholic Nuns Are Suing UnitedHealth Group A quiet SEC policy change is letting corporations like UnitedHealth sidestep shareholder scrutiny — prompting a group of Catholic nuns to take the fight to federal court.

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'On March 20th, a Catholic religious congregation filed a federal lawsuit in Washington to force UnitedHealth to include a shareholder proposal in its 2026 proxy materials.'
healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/catholic-n...

Screenshot of a tweet by Christopher Hale quoting a religious message attributed to Pope Leo XIV about rejecting war and condemning violence. The image shows a pope in ceremonial robes reading from a paper at a microphone.

Attn: Pete Hegseth

Exclusive: Rape calls at ICE detention center aren't investigated by San Diego sheriff's officecenter The warden at an immigrant detention center in San Diego County has authority to decide how to investigate rape reports there under an agreement with the local sheriff's office.

Why, indeed??
calmatters.org/justice/2026...

'Everything is becoming more unaffordable, but health care may lead this list!', the Medicine and Social Justice blog, medicinesocialjustice.blogspot.com #socialjustice #affordability #healthinsurance #healthcare #Medicare4All

Opinion | The Old Man Dreaming Up Wars for Young Men to Fight

So it goes. So it always goes. But it has to stop!
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/o...

Is hating Duke basketball falling out of style? Many of the old reasons to hate Duke aren’t as prevalent anymore, from the titles to the coach to the players fans grew to despise.

Nope.
I still hate them.
Go, Johnnies!
www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

March 25, 2026 Yesterday Trump told reporters that Iran “gave us a present and the present arrived today.

If you have any interest in learning about Trump and family putting their business interests above national security...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-25-2...

AllYouFascistsBoundtoLose 4k BetteMidler 2026 YouTube video by Bette Midler

Bette Midler's new version of this classic Woody Guthrie song, with some updated lyrics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5VX...

‘What if Donald Shouts at Me?’ Trump Sours on British Leader Over Iran War

If you cave, he won't be satisfied; he'll think you're weak and come at you again. Latest installment.
Just like universities and law firms.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...

“Ballad of the Triangle Fire / Bread and Roses”: A Yiddish language world premiere YouTube video by SegalCentre

YouTube of two very moving songs from the Yiddish-language show about the fire. Subtitles in English and French.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea5a...

The Insurance Industry’s Old Trick: Flooding the Zone Nearly 47,000 comments hit regulators. Most weren’t written by seniors — they were engineered by insurers and their front groups.

'The next time you hear that tens of thousands of Americans wrote to Washington to protect Medicare Advantage, ask one question: who wrote the letter?'
healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/the-insura...

March 24, 2026 This morning, economist Paul Krugman came right out and said it: “People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets.” Another word for that, he said, is “treason.” The evidence for such a cl...

That Trump voted by mail in Tuesday’s elections in Florida is perhaps the LEAST egregious thing in today's Heather Cox Richardson post.
The Paul Krugman accusations of extensive insider trading on oil futures based on the WAR is the most important.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-24-2...

“Ballad of the Triangle Fire / Bread and Roses”: A Yiddish language world premiere YouTube video by SegalCentre

3/25 is the 115th anniversary of the Triangle Fire.
This is a very moving excerpt from the Yiddish language show (subtitles in English and French)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea5a...

Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Reject Mississippi Law on Late-Arriving Ballots

In Arizona, 80% of folks vote by mail!
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...