Greetings! Farewell: Stephen Colbert signed off from his CBS perch last night after a dazzling 11-year run marked by his relentless comic critiques of Donald Trump. Here is his opening monologue. Can’t help but think Colbert left the door open for a return late-night engagement elsewhere because he said, “Tonight is our final show from the Ed Sullivan Theater.” The itals are  mine....Weekend Watch: The final episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Like many of you, I didn’t (couldn’t) stay up to watch the end of an era in real time and will catch the finale in its entirety this holiday weekend....Seriously? An  article in the American Thinker suggests moving the nation’s capital further inland. The preferred location is Lebanon, Kansas, which sits in the exact geographical center of the nation, 260 miles west of Kansas City...While a heated debate simmers about whether Trump has lost control of the Senate, I’m certain he’s lost control of his hair. DC’s notorious spring humidity has settled in over the White House wrecking havoc with The Donald’s coif leaving it, straw-like, limp and unkempt. Here’s a Wikimedia Commons compendium of Trump’s hairdos over the years and all of them are better than what’s plopped on his POTUS dome now...Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend all. We’ll be back Tuesday....If  you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Word of the Day: Kleptocracy.  Thank you Donald Trump for putting this word into the everyday vocabulary of politically aware Americans who attempt to describe your presidency...Department of Not-So-Strange Coincidences: Brian Morrissey, the Treasury Department’s top lawyer, resigned Monday just as details of Trump’s heinous $1.8 billion “Anti-Settlement Fund” were emerging, according to the NY Times, which first broke the story. Morrissey was a Trump appointee. Maybe he grew a pair....Busboys and Poets, a woke DC coffee chain, is being sued by the author of the 2023 novel Pinkface, for dropping his transgender book. The Daily Caller has the complicated details. The novel centers on a male high school senior who fakes transitioning into a female to get an edge in applying to an elite university...Dept. of Good News: For fans of Quentin Tarantino’s last film, “Once Upon a  Time in Hollywood,” the character of the big-hearted rogue Cliff Booth was one of the joys of the film. Deadline now reports that a full-length movie, “The Adventures of Cliff Booth,” featuring Brad Pitt reprising his Oscar-winning role, will bow theatrically on Thanksgiving weekend, before landing on Netflix Christmas day. That is something to look forward to, especially if we’re living in a world where the Republicans maintain their majority in the House and we need something to put a smile on our faces....Just askin’: whatever happened to the White House Correspondent’s Dinner that Trump wanted rescheduled within a month of the April 25 shooting in Washington? This Saturday marks the end of the four-week period.  In case you’re wondering, I’m not in favor of rescheduling...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard