June 12, 2026

I will miss Jodling, cowbells, Alpenhorn, and huge spaces between mountain peaks. June 12, 2026

I am about to be locked out of the land of my youth — the Swiss will vote in a referendum to put a hard ceiling on the country’s population. What’s left for me is Austria, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Australia. June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

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Trump nominates U.S. attorney Jay Clayton as DNI after pushback over Bill Pulte — and Jay will be easy to confirm — Congress loves him. June 12, 2026

90% chance Krugman has this right —Paul Krugman says there’s zero chance the Fed will cut rates any time soon. June 11, 2026

June 11, 2026

American doctors want their leading lobby to drop its nice guy routine with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. June 11, 2026

I want to do color paintings to illustrate my favorite verses of poetry. My book on Omar Khayyam has many of my paintings from 20 years ago. I want to do Alice, and Oz, and Beatles, and Paul Simon and Donovan, and many poets. June 11, 2026

50 years ago, when I was 30, people wanted to hear poetry and they sought to puzzle out its June 11, 2026