Ah yes, a week till Christmas…and you’re panicked, right? What to give that crotchety old family member who disdains fancy clothes, finds no succor in cute cuisine, roots for sports teams that give little pleasure (in my case, Mets, Jets, Knicks), has decided she’s too old for rock concerts, has plenty of socks and finds both despair and meaning in the ceremonies of public life…WELL: There’s always the Gift of Sanity!
We’re offering a special discount subscription rate, right here:
Paid subscribers will get weekly access to Night Owls, the podcast John Ellis and I have just launched. Here’s a free sample, our second effort, with ruminations about Iowa, New Hampshire, the Cluelessness of High Academia and the various troubles overseas—Ukraine, Gaza, China. Take a listen:
There will be plenty more to Sanity Clause in 2024, which, you might have heard, is an election year. I’m just getting started here. Come along for the ride!
This is regarding your DEI comments. While agree that to the extent that this has gotten way out of hand by concentrating on identity politics more diversity equity and inclusion is a good thing. We want more diversity in our culture acceptance of differences. We want thing to be more fair and equitable (opportunity here not outcomes) and we want more inclusion. More differences not fewer, more welcoming. You need to distinguish this from your broadsides against what this DEI has come to either be or characterized as by the right wing.
Please consider running your podcast through speech recognition software to generate a transcript. Some of us are still print people.