This Just In

This Just In — This weekend, we mark our 250th birthday as a nation. It seems like a big number, but honestly, it is (if we’re lucky) adolescence.

This Just In — Last weekend gave us all an opportunity to enjoy some respite from the daily stress of following the naked emperor, President Narcissus J. Drumpf. What a glorious relief and critical inflection point for the nation.

This Just In — Today kicks off a glorious weekend in the City of Chicago and throughout the country. With the official opening of the Obama Presidential Center on Juneteenth weekend, we will see a spectacular American celebration of a dream fulfilled.

This Just In— It’s too hot, y’all. Mid-90’s, stinkin’ humidity, scary warnings on your weather app. Much. Too. Hot.

This Just In — Fifty years out, I finally made it to a high school class reunion. I had to think about it.

This Just In — On Monday, we pause, much too briefly, to remember those who died in service to the nation … those who put their lives on the line and didn’t come home, as well as those who came home grievously damaged and injured and died from those injuries — some of them decades later after immense suffering.

This Just In— Once again, the town is ours. The sidewalks are not slammed with wide-eyed young adults marching along with earbuds and backpacks, streaming out into the crosswalks, forcing traffic to its sloth-like crawl through the center of town.

This Just In — For the time being, I leave aside the widespread, alarming skepticism regarding the authenticity of the shooting incident at last Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. We’ve got bigger fish to fry.

This Just In — Yesterday I opened the door to my car (which had been sitting undisturbed for a day or two) and the expected cloud of ragweed pollen enveloped me. This time, for real, Spring is here.