Many pundits and armchair pundits like myself were sure that Josh Shapiro was going to be the vice presidential pick for the Harris campaign. I've never been more thrilled at being wrong - Tim Walz is the real deal.

While New York City is mega-diverse, it’s also varied in the ways that these diverse groups have spread out and settled here. Think meta-diversity.

Like many who don't live in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro is a name I only know from a casual perspective. He is the obvious choice.

The adjacent suburbs of New York City, that’s where the Roches came from. Not a household name by any measure, but nevertheless an interesting group of Irish American singing sisters who typify the results of the 1970's music scene.

American politics has been a joyless pursuit for a long time now. But Kamala Harris is a potential game-changer, and her candidacy is making it feel like Christmas in July.

The lens through which many Europeans view Texas, and America in general, is from the TV show "Dallas", which was wildly popular in Germany, France, the UK, and beyond.

Imitation, being the sincerest form of flattery, reached its weirdest and widest extent in the early 1980's. One of the very first "rap songs", Rap-O Clap-O by Joe Bataan, was covered in Dutch by "Danny Boy".

Shelley Duvall passed away today. No more "Hello, I'm Shelley Duvalls" to be heard anymore.