Garrison Keillor | When I Consider How My Time Is Spent



Reader Supported News
13 July 19

I wish I could afford more, but I'm 84 and on limited income. I hope that you'll be able to continue your excellent work!
Bryce / RSN Reader-Supporter


If you would prefer to send a check:
Reader Supported News
PO Box 2043
Citrus Hts, CA 95611




Reader Supported News
12 July 19
It's Live on the HomePage Now:
Reader Supported News


Garrison Keillor | When I Consider How My Time Is Spent 
Garrison Keillor. (photo: MPR)
Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website
Keillor writes: "A mockingbird couple has set up housekeeping in a tree in our backyard and the male goes crazy whenever we set foot in his territory, which I guess means that their children have hatched and are at that perilous point in life when you're about to fly."
READ MORE

The former labor secretary Alex Acosta. (photo: AP)
The former labor secretary Alex Acosta. (photo: AP)

Trump's Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta Resigns Amid Epstein Plea Fallout
Nicholas Wu and David Jackson, USA TODAY
Excerpt: "Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigned amid the fallout over a plea deal he made with wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, a sex offender charged with human trafficking girls as young as 14."
READ MORE

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost watches as Vice President Mike Pence greets U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees at their headquarters in Washington on Jan. 11, 2019. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost watches as Vice President Mike Pence greets U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees at their headquarters in Washington on Jan. 11, 2019. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)

Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost Was a Member of Secret Facebook Group
Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept
Devereaux writes: "Carla Provost is one of several Border Patrol supervisors The Intercept has identified as current or former participants in the secret Facebook group."
READ MORE

A fighter jet on the deck of the Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea last month. The aircraft carrier was sent to the region amidst escalating tensions with Iran. (photo: Jon Gambrell/AP)
A fighter jet on the deck of the Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea last month. The aircraft carrier was sent to the region amidst escalating tensions with Iran. (photo: Jon Gambrell/AP)

House Votes to Prevent Trump From Entering Unauthorized War With Iran, Setting Up Showdown With Senate
Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post
Demirjian writes: "The House voted Friday to prevent President Trump from launching into war with Iran without getting Congress' approval first, after more than two dozen Republicans joined Democrats to include the provision in the House's annual defense authorization bill."
READ MORE

Netroots Nation is the largest progressive convention of the year. (photo: BlueJersey)
Netroots Nation is the largest progressive convention of the year. (photo: BlueJersey)

Progressive Activists Gather, Hoping to Seize Their Moment in 2020 Campaign
Asma Khalid, NPR
Khalid writes: "Progressive activists feel like this is their moment."
READ MORE

Jean Wyllys, the first openly gay member of Brazil's congress, now lives in exile in Portugal. (photo: Horacio Villalobos/Getty)
Jean Wyllys, the first openly gay member of Brazil's congress, now lives in exile in Portugal. (photo: Horacio Villalobos/Getty)

New Generation of Political Exiles Leave Bolsonaro's Brazil 'to Stay Alive'
Dom Phillips, Guardian UK
Phillips writes: "The military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985 exiled leftist politicians, dissidents, artists and academics. Decades later, prominent Brazilian leftists and activists are again leaving the country, but this time they are fleeing death threats from rightwing extremists and supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro."
READ MORE

Sea turtles. (photo: Lucy Hawkes)
Sea turtles. (photo: Lucy Hawkes)

Turtles Born at Key Breeding Ground Will All Be Turned Female by Climate Change, Study Predicts
Phoebe Weston, The Independent
Weston writes: "Loggerhead turtles born at a key breeding ground in Cape Verde will all be turned female because of climate change, a new study has warned."
READ MORE







Comments