Twins born years apart . . .

Tuesday, August 25, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . the weatherfeather is offering mixed messages: One says Summer heat is not at all over; while another indicates we may be entering the Fall rollercoaster of heat/cool/. Today's Green Country forecasts indicate another hot, sunny day. Moderate Southerlies with mid 90's and an index of 104º for TulseyTown's afternoon. Tomorrow, cooler.

Apropos “the man behind the curtain.”

Today in 1939 The Academy Award winning film The Wizard of Oz, was released in theaters, starring Judy Garland,

How ignorant do you have to be in order to be a U.S. Senator? – Heather Cox Richardson answers, in Letters From An American.

SCOTUS has weighed in on Trump’s latest elections and mail-in voting executive order. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

The most important question we should be asking every day until the midterm election. – Robert Reich, To Every Voter.In substack posted for today.

A South Korean city is betting on the ocean to solve its AI data center crisis and it's only the beginning. Microsoft is reported to be testing it, too.

Sean Connery was born today in 1930 Edinburgh, Scotland.

Poet Charles Wright turns 91 today. The U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize honoree was born on this day in 1935 Pickwick Dam, Tennessee.

And, conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein was born on this date in 1918 Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Lennie and Gustav surely were twin brothers of separate mothers born years apart.