Don't be afraid to credit Fresh Air with Terry Gross. She is an American treasure. She typically has a preternatural gift of interviewing people who know what they are talking about ahead of such magazines as "60 Minutes". She is fearless, inquisitive, and inquisitively fearless. She deserves her own thread.

But on to the snooze:

I read in today's paper that Representative Don Young, longest serving Rep. at this time, has aligned himself with our senior Senator Lisa Murkowski to slam the recent RNC statement that the Jan 06 insurrection was "legitimate political discourse." 2 out of our national delegation still have a sense of smell.

I never considered ol' Don good for much except as a milepost in time. But if he has not redeemed himself for a mis-spent career he has at least done the right thing. I also owe his campaign a thank-you for a timely donation of whiteout at a critical time during the Alaska State Fair, but that's another story.