Grin and bare it . . .

Its Sol's day . . . after another heat-hammer day in Okieland, but 50/50 chances of thunderstorms are in the forecasts with a cooling break after a Northerly moves through.

Yesterday in 1613, the original Globe Theatre burned down.

Mel Brooks turned 98 Friday. The comedian and filmmaker was born Melvin Kaminsky in 1926 Brooklyn, New York.

And, in 1921, Edith Wharton became the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize, for her novel The Age of Innocence.

Following up on Thursday's not-a-real-debate debate... Heather Cox Richardson posted her immediate reflection in Letters from an American that outdoes all the current pundit chatter. Short version: Its not time to bail on Biden.

By a 6-3 vote along far right ideological lines, the U. S. SuprChevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, is one of the most cited in American law, underpinning 70 Supreme Court decisions and roughly 17,000 in the lowereme court yesterday swept away a major precedent. The precedent, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, is one of the most cited in American law, underpinning 70 Supreme Court decisions and roughly 17,000 in the lower courts. Critics of regulatory authority immediately hailed the decision, suggesting it could open new avenues to challenge federal rules in areas ranging from abortion pills to the environment. If I read it correctly, the decision basically says that if the traditions of the administrative authority of the executive are to be maintained, Congress has to authorize it, otherwise rules are left to states and judges. IMO, the ideological majority at SCOTUS seems intent on shooting the institution in its remaining survial foot. Prediction: IF we get a blue wave in November, look for changes beginning in January.

No creative writer knows what is commercial and what isn't. You just write from your heart, you write from the deepest, creative urges in you, and you write from your soul, and you just either get lucky or not. – Mel Brooks.