RECOMMENDATIONS APRIL

Podcast. Blue dog radio. The doctor will see you now 3/24

A democrat in a red district gets elected to the California legislature

She is now running for congress

Unusual evewnts:  Richard Thompson in concert

Interviewed to participate in a site visit of an ICE detention facility in Tacoma.

Music: My Town. Iris DeMent

Gentle on My Mind.  Billy Bragg, Joe Henry

Hard day on the Planet. Loudon Wainwright III

       Sweetheart on the Barricades. R Thompson

Streaming. Rooster HMO max

Four Seasons Netflix

Articles. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/opinion/trump-america-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare. THIS ARTICLE CORRECTLY SUGGESTS IT ISN’T TRUMP—IT IS “US.”

THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE WITH A SURPRISE ENDING. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opinion/trump-iran-general-mcchrystal.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/politics

Movies

Books: Spell Freedom Elaine Weiss—the blueprint for the current federal administration is laid out (unintentionally) as this book explores the economic, social, and legal steps taken as an organized strategy all through the South in the early 1950’s to resist anti-segregation efforts that started (focus of the book) on attempts to bring resources to educating the black underclass.