Ok I just learned I'm going to Brothers Osborne concert at MGM Music Hall at Fenway Thursday after I return to US. No band has gone with me on so many runs, flights, long drives and eased my busy mind. If you don't know them, you should. #country #stayalittlelonger

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We are in an age of performative politics and it is simultaneously dangerous and boring.

I hope the mother and baby are ok. If yes, and when the baby is a teenager and being snarky or moody, the mom should play this in a continuous loop. She doesn't need to say a word. 🤞🙏

This should not be a surprise. And universities would be wise to set rules that allow for expression (let them decorate their caps with statements) and standardized rules prohibiting conduct (no flag -- Israel, Palestinian, US -- can be unfurled by students during ceremonies).

Concord Academy, a very progressive school outside Boston, has rescinded its graduation commencement speech to Boston's poet laureate, Porsha Olayiwola. Read the school's explanation/timing and decide. She is member of Writers Against the War in Gaza.

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I didn't know this was the story I've been wanting to read for years. It is amazing.

Even among independent voters, Israel has dipped into the red: In a recent Gallup survey, independents by 2-1 disapproved of the Israeli military action; in Sunday’s CBS/YouGov, the % of indies who said the U.S. should no longer send arms to Israel was nearly as high as for Ds

Truly novelistic writing for day two of Trump being sleepy

Sigh.

“Everyone has to pressure [to stop] the escalation” between Israel & Iran, Iraqi PM محمد شياع السوداني tells me. But he says the war in Gaza is “the origin of the problem”: “The international community… has failed… to maintain the lives of innocent civilians… This is unacceptable.”

Yes. For years I have worked with major Jewish organizations, universities and synagogues to protect them from the horror of antisemitism that exists without question. But only since I've criticized Israel's war effort, humanitarian needs and the rights of a diversity of views…

JUST IN: Dubai International Airport forced to divert flights after torrential downpour causes the runway to look like an ocean.

Citizens are being told to stay inside as thunder, lighting, hail and heavy rain slams the region.

Dubai saw more rainfall in one day than they…

USC said it wasn't because of her posts which Jewish groups claim are antisemitic. USC gave her the valedictorian honor (it's competitive there) then claimed that they were getting security threats. Instead of addressing those, they took back from her a tradition afforded other…

I've been secretly obsessed/fangirling Sarah Longwell and her work and now welcome others to my club.

College and university graduations are going to present tricky issues given the divisions amongst students. They need to get out in front now: rules established, conduct allowable, and a security presence if necessary. They hate it. As a parent of a college graduate, so do I. But…