Hawaii's Big Island under rare hurricane landfall threat as Tropical Storm Lala strengthens
HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii's Big Island this weekend, forecasters said Friday, bringing heavy rains that can cause destructive…
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‘It’s Just Dog Racism’
“The myth of the pit bull is a lot of bullshit. Pit bulls don’t attack. It’s just racism. It’s just dog racism.”So said the actor Jon Bernthal recently on The…
Philanthropist Nancy Kissinger, wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, dies at 92
NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist Nancy Kissinger, onetime foreign policy researcher and wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, has died. She was 92. She died Thursday at her…
Why I didn't sign the "We Must Act Now" statement (yet)
“We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.” — the Politician’s FallacyThe other day, a friend asked me to add my signature to a statement called…
Here. Safe. Okay 32-34
The unspoken anguish in healing.This last panel was probably one of the most meaningful panels to me that I’ve drawn in this series so far. To be held while weeping…
Trump announces plan to lower beef prices, but ranchers and some Republicans are already balking
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration will allow more beef to be temporarily imported into the U.S. without triggering higher tariffs, as he remains under…
Chris Christie: Why ‘The Godfather’ Endures
How many times have you been at a dinner with friends and overheard someone, while talking about work, say, “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse”? How many times…
Cleanup underway after tornadoes touch down in Delaware and New York's Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) — Cleanup efforts and damage assessment were underway Friday in Delaware's capital and on Long Island, New York, after tornadoes touched down during storms that battered the…
Book Review: "Power and Progress"
My elderly rabbit Giggles has unfortunately been quite sick the past two days (he’s recovering now), so I haven’t had as much time to write. Instead I thought I would…
Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize
I was recently alerted to a new rock opera called 1972 previewing in Boston this fall about women’s lives and abortion in America before Roe v. Wade. The promo site…
Lindsay Clancy’s defense rests at trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her kids
BOSTON (AP) — The defense rested its case Friday in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting several days of testimony about her mental state before and after she strangled…
Conor Coventry on first return to West Ham United since Charlton Athletic transfer, his contract status and tactical change in midfield set-up
Charlton Athletic midfielder Conor Coventry is adamant that his contractual situation is not any kind of distraction.Tomorrow the 26-year-old is set to make his first return to the London Stadium…
From rural routes to desegregation runs, the yellow school bus faces a new reality
CHICAGO (AP) — They arrived in a kaleidoscope of colors, but one won. For decades, the American school bus has maintained such a standard look that “school bus yellow” is…
U.S. imposes new Cuba sanctions; Progressive wins California special election; Congo Ebola outbreak “growing exponentially”
Residents carry containers while queuing for potable water from a tanker, amid recurring shortages and power outages, in Matanzas, Cuba, on August 6, 2026. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.Friday,…
Tom the Dancing Bug
Follow Ruben Bolling on Substack; join Tom the Dancing Bug’s Inner Hive subscription club; and please visit the Tom the Dancing Bug website, with information about The Complete Tom the…
America's political economy is pretty bleak right now
A month ago I wrote a post reflecting on whether my blog output is as relevant as it used to be:My basic concern is that the U.S. has entered a…
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