Ranjit Dighe

My favorite fun fact about Scopes is that he was a physical education teacher (though of course that wasn’t all he taught)

And/or given up trying

Could you elaborate?

I beg your pardon

I think you nailed it in the last paragraph.

Dennis Leary once described that era as “Make fun of women, homosexuals, and Dan Quayle”

Two screens from the Simpsons showing marge and homer sitting on a plane with homer looking angry. Text of the first image says "come on, homer. Japan will be fun. You liked rashoman" text of the second image says "that's not how I remember it"

If Fox News hasn’t them yet, then Fox is off its game

I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.

But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.

The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

Spoiler alert: Making life livable reduces crime. popular.info/p/the-secret...

Little India is amazing. And huge.

I spent a day in JC due to a delayed flight to Dublin, and enjoyed walking around. Historic architecture, bustling immigrant retail business activity. But Dublin is better :)

Good article on why “the social media game” is bad, but could use a part 2, on why wokeness is good (ie, to justify its title)

A big loss for the Post. Thanks for all the great columns. Keep us posted about your next perch

Opinion | The ‘Boy Crisis’ Is Overblown

“Girls have been getting better grades than boys since before women had the right to vote.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

A Message from a University President: Jim Ryan’s Questions Guest article by Michael Roth

Trump’s DOJ forced UVA President Jim Ryan to resign. Wesleyan President Michael Roth calls it what it is: an assault on academic freedom and a warning sign of tyranny. A must-read for anyone who cares about democracy:

No way

Big news: We are searching for an assistant professor at our university!

(He was last seen two days ago. Please share any tips with campus security).

Wow! I wouldn’t vote for him, but give me more of this please

Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida

This should be the top story in the WaPo and NYT but no mention.
Human Rights Watch report on guards.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This Day in Labor History: July 20, 1885. The British crown gave royal assent to the Chinese Immigration Act in Canada, which placed a $50 tax on Chinese workers and which reinforced the general global oppression of migrating Chinese workers around the world at this time!!

Money can buy many things, but not taste or class

Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: ‘I’m seeing what absolute power can do’ A Salvadorian reporter with an audience of millions, Mario Guevara was arrested while livestreaming a protest against Trump in June – and is still struggling for freedom

“He’s a test case to push the envelope for legal immigrants that have committed no crime, to trump up charges against them,” GALEO’s Gonzales said. “And the second piece is how to target journalists.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I can believe everything except “enigma” being in his vocabulary

Another “own goal” for the Post. Good luck with the next chapter. I’ll read it

I wonder how he’ll vote

If the word “frankly” ever had anything going for it, Trump has completely killed it

Got a feeling the state Dems are so unpopular that the more they try to hobble Mamdani, the better he’ll do

But he wouldn’t be famous, or president. Sadly enough, I have to say he successfully achieved his goals

And human trafficking

It's happening here.