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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Aug. 15, 2025

Greetings! Song of the day: 1960’s North to Alaska by Johnny Horton. Book of the day: Call of the Wild by the incomparable Jack London…Here’s looking at you, Anchorage: Check out the many live webcams of Anchorage to get a sense of Alaska’s biggest city. Great mountains. Meh architecture…MAGA-world is likely to embrace the new documentary “Generation Covid” – assuming it gets distribution. The trailer opens with this line that tells you immediately about its politics: “Western democracy has been replaced by a bio-security police state.” Vaccine-denier RFK, Jr., could be a fan….And speaking of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Politico dropped a wince-inducing article last night about RFK’s somewhat plausible bid to run for the Oval Office in 2028… It’s over.  Ashley Biden, Joe Biden’s 44-year-old daughter, filed for divorce from her husband plastic surgeon Howard Kren.  They got hitched in 2012. (Fox News)…Sports news: Those bullies at The Daily Caller completed an undefeated summer softball season after thrashing the jocks at the Roosevelt Institute, a liberal think tank, 14-3. I wonder if the Caller team only uses right-handed pitching.  (Daily Caller)…Weekend Watch: On Saturday night, be sure to catch CNN’s Part 2 of American Prince: JFK Jr. It alludes many times to the elegance, sophistication and class of the Kennedy White House.  It’s no wonder that the Kennedy Arts Center for the Performing Arts is named after the 35th president…Weekend Wander: You’ll find me fishing along the western portions of Long Island’s South Oyster Bay where the fluke have been biting this month.  I’m easy to spot. I’m sure I’m the only fisherman there who’s reading a Kindle and browsing the Washington Post on an iPhone when the bite gets slow…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard