Chez

That's a bold statement.

The Antietam connection was never mentioned. I believe Yo La Tengo has covered/recorded a couple of Antietam songs.

I watched a great documentary last night on the NYC record store, Other Music. It's on Amazon Prime (called "Other Music"). I think everyone who posts on this board would enjoy it.

I kept drifting in and out of sleep for this episode. That White Sox loss took a lot out of me.

I looked up one current Supreme Court Justice. Chief Justice Roberts was an appellate Judge for two years before being nominated as Chief Justice. Probably less time than the pilot of Air Force One . . .

That's fair, though if not having experience as a trial judge is a deal-breaker for you, consider that only one of the current justices (Sotomayor) ever was as a trial judge before being elevated to the U.S. Court of Appeals. The Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg never was a trial judge. The Hon. Merrick Garland was never a trial judge.

While I strongly disagree with Judge Comey Barrett's position on several issues that are important to me, she s unquestionably qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice and should be confirmed. The Democrats will look like fools if they attack her on ideology. I have no respect for the hypocrisy of the Republicans in the senate, but that doesn't change the fact that the Constitution gives Trump the right to nominate who he chooses and that his nominee is qualified.

It really is. I wonder why Jeff hasn't mentioned it?

Jon Langford (again) at City Winery Chicago.

We started watching The Americans this week.

I read it this summer -- based on the recommendation of someone on this board (Maybe Oilcan Boyd). Loved it.