The Congressman does not delve into reporting of Trump's income tax information, but those revelations should not be overlooked.

Many older viewers might also remember Fowler as a regular guest on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." He first fell into that recurring gig when "Wild Kingdom" was broadcast on NBC and he was at the Burbank studio shooting some promos, and he initially agreed to be a last-second substitute for a guest who was unable to make it that particular evening. He took along some of his animal friends, which proved a big hit with the audience -- especially Carson's reaction to and interaction with them -- and his easy rapport with Carson was such that they eventually became friends offscreen, and the host would bring him back to the show regularly.

I grew up watching "Wild Kingdom," which inspired me in part to major in biology and wildlife science in college. (My undergraduate degree is in that subject; my master's is in U.S. history.) Like his contemporaries Rachel Carson and Jane Goodall, Fowler contributed to our greater understanding of the natural world around us.

It is practically impossible to overstate the historical impact and legacy of the warrior-king Kamehameha and his two most influential wives, Ka'ahumanu and Keōpūolani, in Hawaii and the Pacific. He was the only Pacific Islander to successfully unite his islands under a single native ruler.

Kamehameha's rule was entirely autocratic, and he could be very ruthless when he felt his authority was threatened. When a couple of rogue American sea captains committed depredations on Maui and Hawaii island in 1790, Kamehameha seized one of the ships and had its entire crew slaughtered save for two young white men he took a liking to because of their bravery, Isaac Davis and John Young, whom he subsequently adopted as hanai sons.

(Both Davis and Young became loyal and trusted advisors to the King, and were his interpreters in all his dealings with westerners. They served Kamehameha well, and both were married off to two of the King's daughters. Davis was killed in 1810 on Kauai while defending Kamehameha during an attempt on his life; Young was eventually appointed by Kamehameha as governor of Oahu.)

After Kamehameha's death, and assisted by John Young, Ka'ahumanu and Keōpūolani effectively seized political control from the other chiefs and thus ensured that the Kingdom of Hawaii would remain united and independent under the Kamehameha-Kalakaua dynasty, until the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani's government in an American coup d'état in 1893 and subsequent U.S. annexation of the islands five years later in 1898.

I also expect that the current SCOTUS will leave abortion laws to the states, rather than do something as extreme as define "when life begins".  The right-wing justices already appear to disagree about the details when it comes to delaying-premeditated-killing.  

But, if I'm wishing, I guess I should wish that all women in Alabama could afford to leave and never return to Alabama.   (That "afford" would have to be more than monetary - there's an emotional-stress aspect that can overrule money when leaving family/friends/familiar places/home.)   I'm not saying they should all choose to leave, but that the burdens of that choice should be surmountable.

I have to say living on a boat and moving from place to place; along with others on boats moving from place to place I encounter lots of new people on a regular basis.  Since I bought my boat in 2012 I have made more new friends (and am able to keep in contact with them via the internet) than maybe any time in my life.

Harvard said on Saturday that a law professor who is representing Harvey Weinstein would not continue as faculty dean of an undergraduate house after his term ends on June 30, bowing to months of pressure from students...

...As the protests continued, with graffiti aimed at Mr. Sullivan appearing on a university building, Harvard administrators said they would conduct what they called a climate review of Winthrop House. In recent weeks, tensions have escalated, with a student sit-in and a lawsuit sparked by a clash between one of the protest leaders and two Winthrop House staff members who were seen as supporting Mr. Sullivan....

...The decision not to renew the appointments of Mr. Sullivan and Ms. Robinson as faculty deans does not affect their positions at the law school, where Mr. Sullivan is the Jesse Climenko Clinical Professor of Law and the director of the Criminal Justice Institute.