I had intended to write about Bacon’s Rebellion today, since on this date in 1676, Nathaniel Bacon published the Declaration of the People of Virginia, outlining the rebels’ demands —and, let’s be honest, also because I am giddy with relief at finishing the final stages of the new book and eager to be doing actual history again—but President Joe Biden gave a surprisingly interesting talk in Freeport, Maine, yesterday that hit my in-box today just as I was sitting down to write about Bacon. (I wasn’t at the event—I was in Boston recording the audiobook.)

The struggle for the soul of country music is on full display now as two very different songs have been making headlines — Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” and Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car.”

It’s still possible to stand up to The Boss.

On Thursday, the DOJ filed a superseding indictment against Trump and a new co-conspirator listing multiple new charges including Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice by “attempting to delete security camera footage from The Mar-a-Lago Club to conceal the footage from the FBI and grand jury.” (I asked readers once what I should call my breakdown and … Superseding Indictment: The Boss (Trump) Told His Staff to Destroy Evidence (Over the Cliff Notes) Read More »

Piedmont Lithium, a self-described "global developer of lithium resources critical to the U.S. electric vehicle supply chain," received a final construction permit for its proposed $800 million lithium hydroxide plant