Mike’s Blog Round-Up

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." -- Frederick Douglass
By driftglass — October 20, 2024

In 1960, Roy Orbison scored his first UK No.1 hit with “Only The Lonely.” Originally, Orbison and his co-writer, Joe Melson, tried to sell the song to Elvis Presley and then to the Everly Brothers.

Digby's Hullabaloo: Trump’s grift is starving his campaign.

All Hat No Cattle: Comstock knocks Trump for profanity-laced remarks at Al Smith dinner: ‘Who does that?

The Society Pages: A broader look at the housing crisis.

Attention dinosaur nerds! ‘Everyone was screaming, I was crying…’ Dino discovery digs up emotions for Children’s Museum team.

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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