I'm starting to adapt my habits and patterns to the new place. I haven't figured out where to put everything yet, especially in my kitchen, but I'll live with the first draft for a few weeks before moving things around.
I'm also back at work in my new office loft, which is measurably quieter than the previous location—except when the Metra comes by, but that just takes a couple of seconds.
I actually have the mental space to resume my normal diet of reading. If only I had the time. Nevertheless:
- Texas recently started allowing anyone to carry a handgun without a license, with easily predictable results.
- Justice Clarence Thomas (R) once again demonstrated the meaning of "corrupt judiciary" by allowing US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to avoid testifying about the January 6th insurrection, in which Ginny Thomas participated.
- Why are so many right-wing politicians failed businessmen?
- A sociologist photographed Chicago buildings right before they got torn down, and revisited the lots 10 years later.
- James Fallows revises some of his longest-held views.
- Julia Ioffe reviews the new Axis of Evil.
- Robert Wright remarks on the similarities between Putin and Hitler.
- Chicago, New York, and L.A. have about the same back-to-office numbers, slightly below the US as a whole and (for some reason) way behind Houston.
Finally, does anyone want to go to New York with me to see a play about Robert Moses starring Ralph Fiennes? Apparently tickets are only $2,000 a pop...
