Charles T. Downey

This is not good.

An advance look at the cover for next week’s issue: “War-a-Lago,” by Barry Blitt. #NewYorkerCovers

Maybe this is just me, but I kind of think massive military operations, in which we're demanding unconditional surrender as the outcome, probably should be authorized by Congress.

A Hotel Nearby Spartan Stadium: Inside Michigan State’s Plan for the Spartan Stadium District | Spartans Illustrated MSU is preparing a major redevelopment of its athletic corridor that could turn surface parking and open space into a new mixed-use district

Michigan State is considering big changes to the areas surrounding Spartan Stadium. @davidharns.bsky.social breaks those down for readers here:

Lawmaker Asks Court to Block Trump From Closing Kennedy Center

We need to figure out who has legal standing to block the President's Kennedy Center plans ASAP www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

Stop this madness now: “The orchestra has never sounded as great as it sounds now,” she said. “Gianandrea is very committed. Musicians still want to play with us. It’s a great orchestra.”

“But we need Washington — donors, audiences — to support the orchestra for it to survive,” she said.

Top National Symphony Leader Quits in New Blow to Kennedy Center

The hits just keep comin' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/a...

Vietnam Veterans sue to block proposed ‘Independence Arch’ near Arlington National Cemetery The lawsuit challenges President Trump's plans for "Independence Arch," a 250-foot structure proposed for Memorial Circle.

Speaking of obscenities that should be stopped www.opb.org/article/2026...

Incarceration before carcinization.

Pasolini sits in a chair in his study. A wall of bookshelves, with books piled on his deak.

Pier Paolo Pasolini by Marisa Rastellini, Rome, 1962

"But what have you discovered about film in an aesthetic sense?"

"Well, to tell the truth, the only thing I discovered is the pleasure of discovery."

were we wearing a suit when we asked? did we say please and thank you? it’s important to be grateful.

Rubio: “Let me tell you, Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.”

Fired like a dog

Seems like a good time to share my opinion that Marty Supreme, including Timothée Chalamet's performance, was extremely annoying to watch - you can skip it

Parents Tried to Shield Their Children From Vaccines. Instead They Got Measles.

A little confused by "instead" here.

The saying isn't "fuck around, instead find out"

I would simply not buy any appliance that connects to the Internet

A amazing photo of the Blood Moon -Etheral Earth -facebook @capitalweather.bsky.social @nws.noaa.gov @davenussbaum.bsky.social @wbrc.com @spann.bsky.social

I thought this would be bigger news in the DC area.

Latest review from Seth Arenstein for WCR: Relic vividly recreates Homer’s “Odyssey” in words and music. Photo: Don Lassell washingtonclassicalreview.com/2026/03/03/r...

Michael Dobson · Flash and Thunder: Marlowe’s Betrayals As Stephen Greenblatt’s Dark Renaissance shows despite itself, it is not Marlowe’s life story that we still need,...

‘It is not Christopher Marlowe’s life story that we still need, but his plays and poems: we might well want to avert our eyes from the bathetically dismal life of the man who wrote them.’

Michael Dobson on Stephen Greenblatt’s new study of the playwright.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

10/10 No notes.

I see we're just fully running with "we've always been at war with Eurasia" now.

A painting of a bird beside the text "Someday, somewhere, someone will truly understand just how fucked up this was"

Affaire Epstein - Bill Clinton soupçonné d’avoir couché avec son épouse Toute l'information selon des sources contradictoires.

Affaire Epstein - Bill Clinton soupçonné d’avoir couché avec son épouse https://www.legorafi.fr/2026/03/03/affaire-epstein-bill-clinton-soupconne-davoir-couche-avec-son-epouse/

Haha

Maybe it’s a bad idea to put people in charge of government who are eager for the rapture.

"No stupid rules of engagement" is how you shoot down three of your own F-15s in one day. Just a shocking display of martial ineptitude.

About Last Night - Baritone Quinn Kelsey returns to Vocal Arts DC for a masterful night of English song. Photo: Courtney Ruckman washingtonclassicalreview.com/2026/03/02/b...

Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $