This would only happen in Massachusetts … Bicyclist Mistook Trump Sign to be a Bomb. It’s SMH (shake my head) moments like this that keep me from every considering a move back.

Jim Baude nails it here: IMHO: The Unsung Heroes Of ‘Spotlight’. It’s important to remember that while the Boston Globe won the Pulitizer, it was a gritty, dogged, relatively unknown – by highly respected, locally – journalist, Kristen Lombardi, who was the first one to get the story out. RIP Boston Phoenix

Sophie B. Hawkins … just because. I posted this photo on Facebook back in 2013 and it gave me a reminder that I had posted it … Sigh, I forgot how hot she was in the day. I think I’ll play some of her music today.

Halloween 2015

China’s economic growth falls below 7 percent for the first time in ages and everyone flips out. The last time we saw 7% was 1984 – 7.3 percent, to be exact – during the “evil” bipartisan Reagan-Tip years. What would 7% look like for the U.S. today instead of 2 percent? Try $719 billion more … Read more

Sometimes, I have to wonder … With this logic, why not just throw the Constitution all out? Yes, this is sarcasm, but think about it … The federal government can decide to establish a religion – better be careful with this one, Planned Parenthood supporters and pro-choicers, a few Electoral College votes going the other … Read more

Notes to Rubio campaign: 1) Never mail two pieces on one day; spread them out, and 2) Indie voters like me want sensible, common sense solutions to problems, not necessarily “conservative” solutions.

And this is why the nation is in danger: A docile, obedient press corps: CNN Debate: Press Room EXPLODES IN CHEERS as Bernie Sanders Demands Media Stop Reporting on Hillary’s Email Scandal. Anyone who thinks the Clinton email scandal is a partisan issue has no clue. The FBI isn’t partisan. It’s simple: Public figures can’t … Read more

Panoramic photo of Jeb Bush town hall at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, NH, on Oct. 14, 2015, using an iPhone 5c.

Wow, check out these pictures from the moon from the Project Apollo Archive, all in HD.