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Bonus: one of my Insta posts today (read the caption):

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My two favorite Super Bowl commercials (I didn’t see all of ’em, started watching the defense-first game halfway through the first quarter):

At first I gagged a bit, thinking one of the great peace songs of the 60s was getting co-opted by Bud…but they actually brought it home, walking their talk and doing more than most microbreweries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6VciSoR1iQ

And, let’s hear it for truth. Not for one news organization, but for all of ’em. And particularly for those truthseekers who’ve fallen in the line of duty. Journalism is one of the first and vital bulwarks against nationalism and authoritarianism.