Joni Ernst's re-election campaign kicks off
Really, this post is just a list of links, but I'm going to start with Dan Rather's latest Stack:US Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) started her 2026 re-election campaign last week by telling constituents not...
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The atmosphere in Chicago today
We had a lovely double rainbow yesterday:But this morning, we had something else entirely:Canadian wildfire smoke raised the air-quality index in Chicago to well over 150 this morning. This is the...
View ArticlePerspectives on various crimes
A smattering of stories this morning show how modern life is both better and worse than in the past:A criminologist at Cambridge has spent 15 years working on "murder maps" of London, Oxford, and York,...
View ArticleGood, long walk plus ribs
Cassie and I took a 7 km walk from sleep-away camp to Ribfest yesterday, which added up to 2½ hours of walkies including the rest of the day. Then we got some relaxing couch time in the evening. We...
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