Before, the Straits of Hormuz were open to international shipping. A good thing, generally speaking. Now President Trump has successfully given Iran sovereignty over the Straits and they’re closed. Unequivocally, not good. The Art of the Deal!
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Tottenham Hotspur: 118 0 Days Since a Premier League Win
Will wonders never cease. Still in the relegation zone, though.
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Perfect Days Moment by moment by moment, lived gracefully and honorably, makes a life.
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Overwrought NYT This, from Adam Liptak and Jodi Kantor, strikes me as unwarrantedly high-strung. Read the SCOTUS memos: they’re pretty standard legal back-and-forth based on reasonable arguments on both sides. Nor does the Times show how this led to the Supremes’ “Shadow Docket.”
Chill, kids.
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Bring Me My Whangee Jeeves,’ I said.
‘Sir?’ said Jeeves. He had been clearing away the breakfast things, but at the sound of the young master’s voice cheesed it courteously.
“You were absolutely right about the weather. It is a juicy morning.”
‘Decidedly, sir.’
‘Spring and all that.’
‘Yes, sir.’
‘In the spring, Jeeves, a livelier iris gleams upon the burnished dove.’
‘So I have been informed, sir.’
‘Right ho! Then bring me my whangee, my yellowest shoes, and the old green Homburg. I’m going into the Park to do pastoral dances.
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Home, Again Victor Lee Austin, April 2, 2026:
The resurrection of Jesus is the way God chose to give the created world back to us. The resurrection remakes the world into what God always intended it to be. Thus, God’s resurrection gifts include families and churches and hearts of flesh. Resurrection is God bringing us to home.
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RIP, Tracy Kidder His books, especially House and Mountains Beyond Mountains (and to a lesser degree, The Soul of a New Machine) enthralled me.
