Weekend Edition: 1-23

Bulletin Board

• Because I’m still in a PTSD reading mode, there will be more posts about history on this blog for a while, along with a new topic called Loco Lawsuits, premiering next week.

Most Obvious Headline of the Week

• The Worst President in History

Head Scratcher Headline of the Week

• This fossilized butthole gives us a rare window into dinosaur sex

Assorted Asininity

• Occifer, someone stole my weed

The (Hopefully) Last Appearances of He Who Must Not Be Named

• What should go in a Trump time capsule?

• What to do with Trumpists

• Harper’s has a special supplement, Life After Trump

Nonbookish Linkage

• “Dead” woman struggles to prove she’s alive

• What will future students be taught about the U.S. Capitol riot?

• Right-wing terrorism in America isn’t new

• The enduring allure of conspiracy theories

Bookish Linkage

• Powell’s Books understands free speech

• The ‘No Book Deals for Traitors” effort isn’t inconsistent

• SF author and Hugo Award winner Ursula K. Le Guin is getting a U.S. postage stamp

Full immunity from Donald J. Trump will require two doses of impeachment.

The Borowitz Report, January 10, 2021