P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

This and That

July 19, 2026

CBS: Continually Broadcasting Shit
Who didn’t see it coming? CBS hastens the end of linear television by serving as a conveyor belt for the demented raving of HWNBN. The word Bar (in mathematics) means infinitely repeating; in the annals of service to fascism, it is an nickname for CBS News destroyer Bari Weiss. I have attempted to develop a celebrity name for the thruple of Trump, Weiss and Ellison (CBS destroyer in chief). It’s no Bennifer, but how about Dovid Bar: Donald and David Forever.

Washington: Free Speech Or Sheep To The Slaughter…
In Washington’s 1783 Newburgh Address, he warned that if Americans were punished for free speech, “reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent, we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter.” Precisely his words. In context? Here’s the whole speech, also available in his own handwriting. Not an AI fever dream or a Facebook hallucination.

Demand Human Customer Service
I am attempting to start a campaign to demand humans. Please join me.

He Suffers From 50-years-ago Fever
I recently mentioned learning about meditation 50 years ago this summer. Turns out I used almost exactly the same lead on an item about the summer of 1971. If that self-plagiarism?[1] June also marked the 50th anniversary of my review of the world’s most expensive restaurant, which never ran.

Singer/Songwriter Heads For Brilliant Career

Grace Leer is an up-and-coming singer and song writer, originally from my part of California. I took some lyric-writing lessons from her teacher. Her work is brilliant; listen now so you can say you heard her before she was famous. Her song My Mind’s Made Up is a perfect description of a previous relationship of mine. It sent chills up my spine. Would but that my music would do that to someone some day.

You Need Borowitz
If you are not subscribing to the Borowitz Report, you should be. Recent fun with Acronyms (the Ph.D version of TACO): CORONA WITH LIME — Come On, Republicans! Obtain Nuts Already! Wallowing In Trump’s Horrendous Leadership Is Manifestly Evil!


[1] (which I understand is a thing)

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