Go Right Ahead, Mr. Chairman

Tom Friedman in the NYTimes makes an excellent point: Trump’s toppling of Maduro provides Xi another precedent for invading Taiwan.

The Great Jeff Galloway

From the NYTimes: “50 Years Ago, He Was an Olympian. At 80, He’s Just as Happy to Finish Last. | Jeff Galloway, who popularized the run-walk-run method, is determined to complete one more marathon.” Update: It was not to be. Galloway died Feb. 25, 2026. Here’s a tribute.

Honey New Year!

Last day at the law firm.

15,051 days.

Already off the website. 🤷‍♂️

Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. (!)

Giotto’s Stars

Light the lamp!

… Not the rat! Light the lamp, not the rat!

RIP Joe Ely (and Joe Strummer, too)

Joe Ely was so important to Texas music and especially to me when I lived in Austin in the early ’80s. This Texas Monthly tribute by Michael Hall is great.

I will try to remember these

The three lenses of opportunity cost: (1) Compared with what? (2) And then what? (3) At the expense of what? — Shane Parish

Nice Bake

Pearl Harbor Day

The attack on Pearl Harbor came 84 years ago today. We remember those who died that day.