Yesterday David Rovics sent a newsletter and I read it.

I have added it to the Essays section of this site because I think it provides a useful overview of some possibilities.

This morning I completed my 1500th Wordle puzzle, and received a badge.

For those who want to know, I have achieved this by using not one but two regular starting words.

I did not write this essay. David Rovics wrote it. For the second time I have felt the need to redistribute one of his essays because it makes a point that needs saying.

I listen to NPR a lot. I’m not going to go into all the reasons I do this, but there are many, and they are contradictory. Generally it’s a combination of a desire to know what’s going on from a news source that has actual reporters on the ground, and wanting to know how the liberal elite is spinning everything. Depending on the stories they’re covering, my nickname for the news outlet changes — Nationalist Petroleum Radio, Nationalist Pentagon Radio, Nationalist Privilege Radio. The nice young, intersectional crowd of reporters working for NPR did not necessarily sign up to be part of the liberal elite, nor do they know they are part of any elite, nor are they necessarily even being paid very well, even! But that’s the role they unwittingly play, along with most of their guests.