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Notes from the Crises Tracking the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 "It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most dramatic event in the constitutional law of fiscal policy in the United States ever. That may not sound like a five alarm fire to you, but to me that is enormously alarming…

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I have finally decided what I think of AI as a marketing tool. I'm 66 years old, and I stand on firm ground, waving to the AI ship sailing away into the unknown. I think:  Bon Voyage! Have a good time! Write if you find work.

All publications are being read online. No longer receiving any physical papers or magazines.  In my primary email inbox every morning are newsletters from the NY Times, Quartz (business), Wired magazine, the Houston Chronicle, and the Houston Business Journal. No evening updates.  The newsletters listed below go to a different email box, or I'd never…

How to enjoy a microwave oven…  Wirecutter: 7 Things Our Microwave Expert Does to Instantly Improve the Performance of Any Microwave, 2024-Nov-18 by Rachel Wharton I have to admit that most of what I learned came not so much from my hands-on testing, but from learning how microwaves work. Like many people, I had thought…

RobinSloan.com: 2024 Gift Guide https://www.robinsloan.com/newsletters/2024-gift-guide/    Consumable gifts are the best gifts, because they do the most graceful thing of all: they disappear, thus rescuing gift-giving from its terminal katamari ball state.

I'm devoted to reframing Houston as a great place for urban living. In every city, different residents have different views of their city. So I'm here today to promote my view.  You can read about the apartment my friend Kaye and her husband are putting on the market. It will help you see what's possible.…

A friend of mine has a lovely condo for sale in Midtown Houston. (My husband and I LOVE living in central Houston–we're in the Museum District). Anyway here's a snap shot and the links she mentions are…  Midtown Houston: https://midtownhouston.com/  Plans for the Pierce Elevated Park: http://pierceelevatedpark.com/.  The Landscape Performance Series on Bagby Street: https://www.landscapeperformance.org/case-study-briefs/bagby-street-reconstruction…