Renewal: Spring, Passover, Easter, and News

Mark Rubin

My favorite weekend of the year is upon us. Passover and Easter are joined at the hip, along with Spring. I’m amazed—and I digress, briefly—that some of my nominally Christian friends don’t link the Seder and the Last Supper. Forgive me, but do people think Mary and Joe’s boy—well maybe not Joe’s boy completely, but that biology is way above my pay grade—was passing on the Seder? Alas, there’s actually a debate … because, in these times, we can always debate everything.*

Renewal? Sure. The Passover story focuses completely on the opportunity to leave slavery in Egypt, for the promised land in Israel. And Easter? Duh! And, candidly, I think

The March for Our Lives

The March for Our Lives passed today, without any violence. Good on that, and thanks to law enforcement, governmental bodies, and event organizers. (And, of course, thanks to those who didn’t like today’s message but chose not to do anything more than exercise their First Amendment rights.)

As seen in D.C.

People near and dear to me went to Washington for today’s main event. I’m so proud of them for showing up! Others showed up in their own communities, including thousands—me among them—right here in Tucson.* Showing up matters, lots, and it matters especially when young people lead the cause, instead of those of us who have more yesterdays and fewer tomorrows. We’re killing

Designing for Failed Solutions

Mark Rubin

The other day I posted Our Wealth Gap. In it I wrote: We can’t solve a problem to save our lives! Today, I focus on an example.

The Interview

What Gun Law Changes Would GOP Lawmakers Consider? offers Steve Inskeep’s interview of Alex Conant, a Republican political consultant. Mr. Conant offers a pleasant, disciplined, and articulate voice. He almost sounds reasonable!

So how did Mr. Conant tork me off? Cause me to scream at the car radio, which I don’t do … very often. Here’s the question, the offending answer, and the highlighted sentence which reflects a desire to never solve the gun problem:

INSKEEP: But, I mean, define the problem.

We Didn’t Start the Fire

Billy Joel

Here’s the fifth iteration of We Didn’t Start the Fire (Annotated), first published on July 13, 2014 and last posted on February 10, 2018. For whatever it’s worth, no post at Mark Rubin Writes gets more views

Christie Brinkley

Elle Macpherson

William M. Joel writes and sings songs. On March 23, 1985 he married tall and very classy Christie Brinkley. (They divorced on August 25, 1994.) Was Ms. Brinkley the Uptown Girl in Uptown Girl, Mr. Joel’s big 1983 hit song? Only maybe, for while Mr. Joel—the short, Downtown Guy—knew and was friendly with Ms. Brinkley when he wrote the song, at the time he was dating taller very Uptown babe