Cassie and I just got back from a short walk around the block. We did a 45-minute walk at 7:15, when we both could still tolerate the temperature, but just now my backyard thermometer shows a temperature of 33.1°C with a dewpoint of 23.3°C, which gives us a heat index of 38.5°C (101.4°F). Honestly, I prefer winter to this.
The National Weather Service predicts the heat wave could extend through the week.
Meanwhile, in the rest of the world:
- John Heilemann asks, why do we give a crap about who the Republicans nominate for vice president this year?
- Linda Greenhouse muses about "how John Roberts lost his court."
- Maryland governor Wes Moore (D) today announced pardons for 175,000 marijuana convictions that will affect 100,000 people.
- After buying the famous "Eamus Catuli" buildings just off Wrigley Field's right-field wall on Sheffield, a group of property owners plans to tear down landmarks and replace them with an ugly 18-unit condo.
Finally, author Edward Robert McClelland visited all 77 community areas in Chicago, and lived to write about it.