Must-See TV
Army Of Darkness
ElRey
5 p.m.
A discount-store employee is time-warped to a medieval castle, where he is the foretold savior who can dispel the evil there. Unfortunately, he screws up and releases an army of skeletons. (tvguide.com)
Yeah, this is old news by now. I've been in a census cave all day. The column I started this morning is outdated. Best I can do; busy counting heads. Or, more like, supervising a team of folks counting heads.
"The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday that a small tornado touched down on Chicago's North Side in the Rogers Park neighborhood before moving over Lake Michigan and becoming a waterspout." https://t.co/ZkN0xYUVe5 via @abc7chicago
Machiavelli's Prince Charming
"When I was 16, I had unusual ambitions: assuming political and popular power; kindling a cultural revolution; and overthrowing the remaining monarchies of the world, starting with the British (don't ask). Like any power-hungry teenager, I consulted (quite ironically) Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince," our budding philosophy correspondent E.K. Mam writes.
Western media really needs to choose their words carefully when it comes to reporting on overseas events. Putin seeks "integration" w Belarus?? Or Lukashenko "wins in a landslide". Do better because it's not fair to people fighting for freedom and rights.
If Biden wins the most votes, Ds will have won the popular vote in 7 of past 8 elections-something no party has ever done since formation of the modern party system in 1828. And yet it might not be enough to win the WH. https://t.co/R8UFOWUMDe