Could it possibly be a good thing? — If you are the sort of person who thinks, “you know, I really miss the white-knuckling end-of-days terror of a Presidential election season,” well, you might just be in luck: 2024’s Presidential election may be starting much earlier than usual. Over the weekend, several reports surfaced that former President Donald…

Let’s rank stuff! — We are now ranking things, every Friday. We will attempt to stick to rankings of things that have some sort of connection to the news of that week, but we can’t guarantee anything. Want us to rank something? Put it in the responses, or email us at williamfleitch@yahoo.com.

They’re already planning one. Let’s hope we get there. — We are, as of today, June 28, 2022, exactly 1,437 days from America’s 250th birthday, its semiquincentennial. If that seems really far away to you, realize it has been 1,437 days since July 21, 2018. The biggest story that day was former Donald Trump bagman Michael Cohen secretly taping a…

What responsibilities do we have now? — As of today, it has been 16 days since I contracted Covid-19. I have not had any symptoms in 12 days, I’ve been fully 100 percent recovered physically (I’m back to my daily five-mile runs) and am, by any measure or recommendation, free to be back around other people again…

Let’s rank stuff! — We are now ranking things, every Friday. We will attempt to stick to rankings of things that have some sort of connection to the news of that week, but we can’t guarantee anything. Want us to rank something? Put it in the responses, or email us at williamfleitch@yahoo.com.

Don’t fret: They’ll eventually not care about Taylor Swift or Drake either. — My kids have no idea who Elvis Presley is. Isn’t that crazy? Elvis Presley died about two years after I was born and yet I can’t think of a moment when I haven’t known who he is. Elvis Presley has been at the center of American life essentially from the…

Your number’s always up. — Two months and two weeks ago, I wrote about the odd sensation of feeling as if you were one of the only people left who had never had Covid-19. Well, scratch my name off the list: Last week, I woke up with chills and a headache and, yep, it turned…

Let’s rank stuff! — We are now ranking things, every Friday. We will attempt to stick to rankings of things that have some sort of connection to the news of that week, but we can’t guarantee anything. Want us to rank something? Put it in the responses, or email us at williamfleitch@yahoo.com.

You know you never have to believe them again. — I’ve told this story before, but forgive me, it’s relevant to the current topic. About 16 years ago, I needed to rent a car in Manhattan, a terrible place to need a rental car. I walked into my local Avis outlet and saw the most imposing, ominous queue I have…