https://simanaitissays.com/2026/05/28/salvaging-and-satirizing-the-flotus-part-1/Simanaitis Saysen2026-05-28T13:05:00+00:00SALVAGING (AND SATIRIZING) THE FLOTUS PART 1"A Woman Scorned: Mary Todd Lincoln" Thomas Mallon (reviewing "An Inconvenient Widow") "The New Yorker", "An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment Trial and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln" Lois Romano, Lincoln: God one D/the Todd family two Ds, Mary Todd Lincoln: complex personality, Mary Todd: more schooling than her future husband had, Lincoln and Mary Todd put off marriage for 18 months, Mary Todd Lincoln: tragic motherhood, Lincoln 1860: "Mary! We are elected!"https://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lede-2-1.jpeg?w=150https://simanaitissays.com/2026/05/27/thoughts-on-memorial-day-2026/Simanaitis Saysen2026-05-27T13:05:00+00:00THOUGHTS ON MEMORIAL DAY 2026"On a Note of Triumph" Norman Corwin (Orson Welles narrator), Norman Corwin Poet Laureate of Radio, CBS News shut down (pause to celebrate Edward R. Morrow/Walter Cronkite/Douglas Edwards/other notables, "Trump Uses Memorial Day to Rip 'Dumocrats' and Blast His Republican Foes--With Barely a Mention of Fallen Troops" Owen Scott "The Independent", "Trump Honors Those Who Helped Others Avoid Service at Tomb of the Unknown Podiatrist" Andy Borowitz, "Untitled" (tribute to fallen soldier) Norman Corwin, "On a Note of Triumph" (V-E Day) Norman Corwin, "Fourteen August" (end of WWII) Norman Corwinhttps://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/img_3062.jpeg?w=150