Jim Clarke

These men have not met my daughters.

Just thinking out loud....

Our New Iran Correspondent | The New York Times Company

This is the kind of journalist an editor yearns for at a time like this: A Persian-fluent reporter w/ deep experience covering Iranian politics and policies.

She used to work at the Washpost.

Then Bezos dismantled the international coverage.

Now she’s at the NYT

www.nytco.com/press/our-ne...

King!

If Females Could Get Pregnant, There’d Be An Abortion Clinic On Every Coral By Triton Corsair

Commentary: If Females Could Get Pregnant, There’d Be An Abortion Clinic On Every Coral https://theonion.com/if-females-could-get-pregnant-thered-be-an-abortion-clinic-on-every-coral/

Let's go with "blurps."

Bring back The Thing!

One was an auto mechanic in Pawtucket. That man could fix anything, and I learned a boatload from him. The other founded an insurance agency in 1928 in my home town of West Warwick that's still there today.

EDITORIAL: $78,000 is a lot to cede the public has a right to talk back to Aurora lawmakers - Sentinel Colorado 'The city has now stipulated, in effect, that it cannot pick and choose when the public may speak based on discomfort or inconvenience'

‘The city has now stipulated, in effect, that it cannot pick and choose when the public may speak based on discomfort or inconvenience’

sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...

#AuroraCO #1A #FreeSpeech

I dropped breakfast in Newt Gingrich’s lap when I was a waiter at the JW Marriott in DC in 1984.

A crulla, in the vernacular ...

Preach it sister. FLASH also launches me across the Universe.

"Winter."

Raytheon Executive: I know you’re skeptical about buying American again. But hear me out. The MIM-104 Patriot is the only surface to air missile system with a proven track record of success against the US Air Force.

Danish Defense Minister: Continue.

Navigating 2026 one toast at a time Adding some comfort to 2026 with TOAST

A comfort system that works. For a few minutes anyway. merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/navigating...

You have excellent Dylan taste; I think a couple of tracks from Infidels - "Sweetheart Like You" and "I and I" don't get the love they deserve, too.

You have to say it like Johnny Most calling a Celtics game back in '78. "Jo Jo over to Hondo, to Cowens, back to Hondo. Havlicek, from the bus, bang, add 'em up."

CU quarterback Dominiq Ponder dies in a single-car crash at age 23, police say Ponder was driving a 2023 Tesla near Boulder when he lost control on a curve and hit a guardrail, according to the Colorado State Patrol

CU quarterback Dominiq Ponder dies in a single-car crash at age 23, police say coloradosun.com/2026/03/01/d...

Deep cut.

In my world this phase never left. Because I’m that kind of dork.

Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has all but stopped since yesterday.

Read the @financialtimes.com Economics editor, Sam Fleming's analysis of what the impact the war in Iran will have on the global economy
www.ft.com/content/31bf...

O'Leary, you're toying with mystical forces none of us truly comprehend.

Consider the implications of the heckler's veto here. By this standard, because all attempts at journalism are met with hostility, no journalist is allowed to cover the event.

@helenabfoulkes.bsky.social responds to @govdanmckee.bsky.social calling primary challenge “disgraceful”

I'm about ready to recharge my sprinkler system. The risk of freezing temps penetrating more than a few inches into the grounds seems to be diminishing quickly. Thoughts?

I needed this laugh today.

I really liked the most recent episode of Starfleet Academy. I’m a sucker for anyone who grapples with Our Town - one of the great American plays. So I doff my chapeau to this show’s writers for taking a risk and asking a lot of its viewers.

It’s no sin in this house. It’s a day that ends in Y.