Markets seem to be slowly discovering what close Trump watchers have known for years. Better late than never.
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The Market Is Discovering Trump May Be Crazy
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This is the best obit you will read about Francis. Subscribe to the Pillar if you want the best conclave coverage in the English language.
Pope Francis is dead at 88
This week on Across the Movie Aisle, and I are joined by , who is sitting in for the on-vacation Alyssa, to talk SINNERS. It's a good movie! And a good episode.
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New from me at : The right wages war on “suicidal empathy,” with a misogynistic slant. Do you know who else railed against supposedly misplaced empathy or compassion? Just about every totalitarian leader
The Bizarre Right-Wing War on…Empathy?
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All right, I have a long newsletter for you this morning, weighing in on some recent debates among Democrats. It covers a lot of ground, and it’s one of those times when I’m going to play the Read-The-Whole-Thing-In-Context Card rather than give you a snappy summary.
Defending democracy is easier when you listen to voters
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I have stayed away from NFL Draft QB evaluations this year but fortunately after listening to Richard Johnson, Ben Solak, and Derrik Klassen, I am now a genius and I can say with confidence who from this QB class will be good. (It’s gonna be Cam Ward and that’s it)
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The extent to which Trump’s first three months back in office have been characterized by mistakes—from bumbling embarrassments to calamitous errors—is breathtaking.
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The Art of the F*ckup
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Deeply enjoyed ’s autobiographical essay recording the progress of his spiritual passions, now up on our homepage for Easter. Tolle lege:
Discovering, Abandoning, and Rediscovering God
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Pope Francis survived Holy Week and the Paschal Triduum, dying on Easter Monday in the Easter Octave.
Pope Benedict XVI died on the eve of the octave day of Christmas, i.e., the eve of the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God.
Pope St. John Paul II died on the eve of the octave day of Easter, i.e., the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday (which he himself declared a feast).
What are the odds?! Not only did all of the last three popes die in the two most important weeks of the Christian calendar, they all d…
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SINNERS is a lot of fun: unrepentantly dirty, often quite humorous, and a handful of just absolutely dynamite performances. Plus, it has a guy playing Evil Michael Flatley, Dark Lord of the Dance. What more could you want from a movie?
‘Sinners' Review
I've commented on this before, but since you're giving me another opportunity, I'll only repeat that it's about time, long past time, for Substack to start thinking about its READERS. So far, you've totally ignored them. It's not that you attack them, you just totally ignore their needs. For some reason, which I will never understand, you feel no need to help beginners with any useful information at all. You should be ashamed that we have to consult outsiders to see what
Substack is all about, what it contains, and how to use/navigate through it. What's wrong with you? Why don't you have a BEGINNER'S PAGE?
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I had the same problem. Even finding the substacks I’m signed up for is tricky. And, at least for me, not easy to remember. A beginners page for readers is really required.