Gerald Fleming

Gerald Fleming: The Secret The man had the sense the secret was planning escape.

A new piece on Vox Populi. Thanks, Michael Simms!
voxpopulisphere.com/2025/05/24/g...

Is anyone else having trouble posting on Bluesky? I can't seem to get even an innocuous post to be put up.

China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping FRONTLINE examines the rise of Xi Jinping, his vision for China and the global implications.

Have you seen this PBS Frontline piece on Xi Jinping/wider China? Excellent; worth watching.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

Tulsi Gabbard is being characterized as having "sympathy for dictators." I'd disagree—too mild!—and head toward wondering (truly) if she's a Russian agent.

Dipping in, once again, to Sixteen Rivers Press's "America, We Call Your Name: Poems of Resistance and Resilience." It's terrific, wide-ranging, and oh-so-relevant just now. Intro by Camille Dungy.

Can we all agree to stop writing/saying "pre-planned," as "planned" does the job just fine on its own? I hope so.

The 'strange' death of Warren G. Harding At 7:20 p.m. on the evening of Aug. 2, 1923, President Warren G. Harding’s wife, Florence, was reading the “Saturday Evening Post” to him in the presidential suite of San Francisco’s Palace Hotel. The...

Harding's death, NPR story. Fascinating. The hotel still exists, as does the Presidential Suite. Couldn't afford that room, but my wife & I splurged to stay there one. (We recommend the pool, somewhat akin to the pool at Hearst Castle.)
www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

Amazing that such things need to be pointed out. But thank you.

Opinion | I Starred in ‘Cabaret.’ We Need to Heed Its Warning. Much has changed since the show debuted on Broadway in 1966, but it’s what hasn’t changed that should worry us.

I've been taking a temporary mental-health break from the Times and other news, but my wife read me this Joel Gray opinion piece today, and its relevance is striking:
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...

YouTube video by Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren Responds to the 2024 Election

Thanks, Elizabeth Warren, for this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2MS...

Jennifer, god, I have no idea how to use this thing. Will figure it out soon w/o devoting more of remaining life to it. :)

What's up? Nothing much except the hurtling toward Fascism. (In truth, just trying out Bluesky.)