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Awfully nice person, this Taylor Swift.....

Highly recommend this one...very well written... the book Facebook doesn't want anyone to read.

Wag the Dog!!!!

This clinches it: Trump is Our Truly Bananas Republican - share.google/uSo8MKgklbS5...

Trump is our Truly Bananas Republican.

Our Truly Bananas Republican - by Matt Baron share.google/mBFpM5qAByof...

43-hit wonder “Billy Joel: And So It Goes” is a timely reintroduction to this musical great.

Anyone else see the documentary on musical legend Billy Joel? Really excellent--and reminded me just how much I've enjoyed his music over my lifetime.

43-hit wonder - by Matt Baron - The Inside Edge share.google/tJnaCwhHtmlJ...

Costco knows best ...even better than I know myself sometimes. Plus: the Texas floods against the backdrop of "Washed Away" and a mid-year report on the state of The Inside Edge.

With yesterday's experience the latest reminder: Costco knows me better than I know myself sometimes.

Can I get a witness?

Costco knows best - by Matt Baron - The Inside Edge share.google/oueUMbTV20Yh...

More beautiful than most anything I've seen in an art museum. [Chicago---on Wabash just north of Roosevelt.]

Lessons from FDR This week, our nation's 249th birthday was marred by political cruelty and cowardice. How to respond? Our 32nd President's example is a guiding light toward becoming better, not bitter.

This week, our nation's 249th birthday was marred by political cruelty and cowardice. How to respond? Our 32nd President's example is a guiding light toward becoming better, not bitter.

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Ex-squeeze me? It's high time that medical professionals drop their `our schedule is so jammed up' posturing. Plus: rueful ruminations on last week's `impactful' lapse.

Anyone else notice this penchant of medical providers to posture their busy-ness? Plus: rueful ruminations on my recent "impactful" usage.

theinsideedge.substack.com/p/ex-squeeze...

Loving my new Expos hat.....I've been a latent Expo logo admirer for decades and this hat brings me right back to my late 1970s Topps baseball card collecting era.

Opinion | Who’s the Greatest Grifter of Them All?

A 10-minute read boiled down to its final 14 words:

"Trump is well on his way to becoming the greatest grifter of all time."

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...

Last night---yet another shoe flies off an NBA player. What's going on? Feels like this is an epidemic lately. Youth sports, I get it. But pros?

Here's the non-scoop! A sign of the times -- through the tale of one defiantly ignored sign. Plus: a T-shirt that I spotted this week sent me down an historical rabbit hole.

Here's the non-scoop on this doggone issue....plus some musings on AI and going down a rabbit hole on a Black American icon's extraordinary legacy.

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Here's the Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis putting his sneaker back on after it flew off the other day. Seems like this is on the rise in college and pro 🏀....what gives? Lace-tying seminars necessary?

Everything, everywhere...except the ending As the world frays at the edges, there’s comfort in skipped endings, shared ice cream scoops and a weekly grocery store ritual with my brother.

As the world frays at the edges, there's comfort on skipped endings, shared ice cream scoops, and a weekly grocery store ritual with my brother:

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Long live The Hoosier Gym In the wake of actor Gene Hackman’s death, reflections on a non-profit group helping to preserve the memory of the movie in which he played one of his best roles.

In the wake of actor Gene Hackman’s death, my reflections on a non-profit group preserving the memory of "Hoosiers," the movie in which he played one of his most memorable roles.

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Stumbled on SCRABBLE game show last night. Who knew?

Sports Jeopardy! was a thrill in 2015 as a contestant---this would be fun [and yeah, nerdy] too.

Musk's origin story In 1999, a Salon magazine feature profiled an emerging entrepreneur hardly anybody had heard of. Reading it today is like looking at Elon Musk's DOGE playbook.

Elon Musk's playbook was already solidified by the time this first profile was written in 1999. Some prophetic observations by journalist Mark Gimein here:

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Game over As a basketball referee, my approach is colored by my playing, coaching and rooting histories. Today marked a new, sobering milestone.

Having officiated a few hundred games, this past Saturday brought an unfortunate "first"---halting a contest early after tempers flared.

theinsideedge.substack.com/p/game-over

Breaking the ice For too long, I let Donald Trump's false, harsh rhetoric sour my response to immigrants. Finally, on a bone-chilling day, I came face-to-face with a mother, her infant--and my own heartlessness.

Breaking the ice--
after coming face to face with an immigrant mom, her infant child...and my own heartlessness:

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Hello, Bluesky! I am about two-thirds through this memoir by Alexei Navalny. Really enjoying it. Amazing life. Who else has read it?