Stephen Coss ☮️

Somebody tell Trump this is not what Teddy Roosevelt meant by "bully pulpit."

Kingsley Amis said — anonymously — that his own son's prose 'reeks of the lamp.' Martin's reply: 'Not unfair. Just wrong.'

@TheOtherMandela @harveyjkaye Their hearts are in the right place but they're sitting on their hands, and that won't do.

Lost, confused, struggling. We have to be honest with ourselves — Democrats are unpopular because too often the Washington Democrats fold to Trump when the fights get tough. Voters aren’t excited by just a party by your name—they want fighters who will take on special interests and deliver real relief. I’m running for governor to reject the Washington Way and actually represent Wisconsinites, not the greedy corporations ripping us off.

70% more bookstores today than there were in 2020. Huge win for society. Let's keep it going.

“As you grow older you realize that there are bad lines in ‘King Lear’ and it has survived.” —Robert Gottlieb buff.ly/CI18W6L

After about three years my book Harry & Hoppy is done and with my agent. It's historical fiction about the lives of two young men who team up in vaudeville and become movie stars in the 1930s. Lots of early 20th Century social/showbiz history, along with cameos from real people.

Spielberg clearly drew from Buster Keaton’s style when crafting Indiana Jones.

@SenMarkKelly @alala55 Shouldn't Congress be insisting Trump meet with it and explain his intentions BEFORE that happens?

"A whole civilization will die tonight” are words no President of the United States had ever spoken until this morning. Donald Trump’s behavior is unhinged and making Americans less safe. After a 25-year career in the United States Navy, I have never met or served with anyone who so completely lacks the qualities of good leadership as Donald Trump does. If the President takes the actions he has threatened to take, countless Iranian civilians will die, it will massively escalate this war, and the United States will be seen as a country without a moral or ethical compass. That will make Americans less safe right now and risk the lives of thousands of service members. The consequences will have a lasting and damaging effect on our nation. Trump's mistakes have led us to this perilous moment, but the solution is not to escalate even further. This must stop.

I wish Jim Lovell was alive to see this. He would have loved it.

Gen. Barry McCaffrey: The president sounds a little bit unhinged. Jumping from one subject to another. Anger. Attacking in the media, attacking former presidents. I've been in thousands of meetings in my life, I've never heard a group of people who are so apple-cursing, groveling in their veneration of the leader. Except possibly Kim Jong-un. It's really embarrassing.

We shouldn't ever forget how extraordinary this is.

The very worst leaders fire those who dare to push back. These are the very worst leaders. cnn.com/2026/04/02/pol…

Why don't you just rename it The Strait of America? problem solved.

The question is whether any author today could get published writing about "unlikely subjects." Not a lot of tolerance for different, never mind unlikely. RIP Tracy Kidder. wbur.org/news/2026/03/2…

@mashagessen I've listened to episode one and two. Well done and compelling.

It's finally here. New From Serial: ‘The Idiot.’ nytimes.com/2026/03/25/pod…

@traindreamsfilm I don't care what anybody says. Train Dreams was the most fully realized film among the Best Picture nominees. Thank you Clint Bentley et al for making it.

Damning indictment.

Poolside in Hollywood pretending to be important and crushing it.

What a brilliant scene. What a great film.

This is what I want to say to every Democratic member of Congress. You got your money. Now do your job.

This business of having to subscribe to everything to read anything is not sustainable. Also, it's really off-putting when a publication tells me on March 1 that I cannot gain access to the only article I've clicked on in months because I am out if my free articles for the month.