* Crazy busy, overtipping & other clippings from my Journal

* News you should have seen but didn’t & five stories I (almost) missed

* The Good, Bad, and Ugly – my January report on the state of the US economy 

* Five edifying and unsettling essays I wanted to share with you

* Interesting, Serious, and Fun – 13 video clips I think you’ll appreciate 

* A quiz on the “weird science” of 2024

And finally… 

* Ten quotes to lift you up and get you going in 2025