“Will Trump banish [House Minority Leader Kevin] McCarthy
for new evidence of past heresy or honor his current subservience? The outcome
seems predictable. Certainly, Trump values unquestioning loyalty. But he seems
to enjoy it more when heretics come back in cringing supplication. His most
exquisite delight is when the wayward remove their own backbones in his
presence.”
Another nicely-turned observation from Michael Gerson:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/02/abortion-ban-roe-supreme-court-mississippi/
As bad as overturning Roe v. Wade would be, it would
only be the first step. “Leading antiabortion groups and their allies in
Congress have been meeting behind the scenes to plan a national strategy that
would kick in if the Supreme Court rolls back abortion rights this summer,
including a push for a strict nationwide ban on the procedure (emphasis
mine) if Republicans retake power in Washington.” This is fact, not hyperbole.
I’m especially concerned that many folks living in
Maryland/California/New York/[other blue states] may
not take the situation seriously enough, figuring that they/their
daughters/their sisters would still be safe, even without Roe. Think
again.
If you share my concern, please forward this article to your
like-minded friends.
I first saw singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin at the Lincoln
Theatre in 2003, when she was swapping songs and stories with Mary Chapin
Carpenter, Patty Griffin, and Dar Williams. Since then, I’ve seen her a couple
more times with Carpenter, and at the 2016
XPoNential Music Festival (with Steve Earle). While she attracted music-industry
notice relatively early in her career – her debut album Steady On won a
Grammy in 1991 for Best Contemporary Folk Album – she didn’t really come to the
attention of the wider public until she hit the top 10 in 1997 with “Sunny Came
Home”, which went on to win both Record of the Year and Song of the Year
Grammys the following spring. Her 15
minutes of national fame ended quickly, however, as that was her only song to
hit the U.S. Hot 100.
While Colvin writes most of her own material, she’s also
good at reinterpreting songs by others, as one of the titles below suggests.
Favorite songs:
The Facts About Jimmy
Whole New You
Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic
Shotgun Down The Avalanche
I Don't Know Why
Round Of Blues
Get Out Of This House
A Matter Of Minutes
Sunny Came Home
Polaroids
