Your Mid-Week Experiment

This week I've got a great collection of bad news.

Got a lot of warm reactions to this weekend’s essay about my road trip from North Dakota to Texas with my son. Here’s the link if you missed it.

Sam Slade @TheSamSlade

Just read this week's The Experiment by @JasStanford. I felt like I was on that trip. It sounded liked a ride at Disney compared to road trips with my grizzled, trial lawyer father drinking Miller all the way to the coast. I'll say it, damn it.....my favorite dinosaur is Steve.

SLD @whatsthebigdil

@JasStanford These essays that you write about your time with your sons-your time admiring your maturing sons-are my favorite things to read. As I've said before, you have such a way with describing this season of parenting that really resonates with those of us who are also in it.

dark brandon ftw @TxWomenRock

20 hrs in a car w my dad after an hour, he would probably start listing all the ways I'm fucking up my life a fight would ensue and I'd end up hitchhiking to the nearest enterprise or hertz but the lead singer of Teenage Head was murdered by his son… degrees of signs & wonders

Jason Stanford @JasStanford

I had 20 hours in a car with my son last weekend, and he didn't drive me crazy. Not even a little bit. https://t.co/qrc668zoGz

Pre-order Maggie Smith’s upcoming memoir! (Bookshop)

People really don’t trust government to communicate honestly or to solve problems. (Edelman Trust Barometer)

I don’t trust Glenn Kessler, the fact-checker for The Washington Post, to communicate honestly or solve problems. (The Lever)

Here’s why massive protests no longer lead to meaningful change. (The New York Times)

The Border Patrol really is disgusting. (The Intercept)

This is getting under my skin, I think in a good way.

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