Could be the best thing that happened in 1967

 

From the December 3, 1967, Ed Sullivan Show:

I Do a Podcast (well, a Substack but basically the same thing)

Ben Samuels has a Substack and is doing a series of podcasts with former Members of Congress, asking us, "How much are things really worse today?" Ben, who is from St. Louis, dropped Jeff Smith's name (my daughter took his class at Wash U. back in the 2000's), which was enough to get me to agree to do a session with Ben. It  was fun and is now up and available - click here or below, and let me know what you think. It's like a Congress to Campus session without having to take a college class:

Sam Coppersmith (D-AZ): DC, the NFL, and democracy by Ben Samuels

Listen to his thoughts on serving as a one-term Congressman and why "all politics is local" isn't true anymore.

Read on Substack

Cactus Man Triathlon 2025

I thought that aging up this year to the 70-74 age group would move me on to (or at least closer) to the podium, but this is a very popular triathlon among the old guys, and 4 others were just too fast for me. I had a nice day overall, but of course, there were issues. I had trouble sighting the first turn buoy on the swim, so went astray and swam longer than necessary, and had trouble removing my wetsuit and a problem with one bicycle shoe in T1. But the bike ride went well, and I thought I did well on the run - especially as we all think it was a quarter-mile too long.

I wound up 3 minutes longer than last year, and instead of finishing 12/13 AG, I was 5/7. So I guess that's an improvement. But the weather was great, it's a fun race with lots of friends, and everybody else from Tri Scottsdale did very well.

Swim 33:33.5 (wetsuit)

T1 6:38.1 (wetsuit difficulties, bike shoe issue)
Bike 1:06:57.0 (under 20 miles)
T2 3:38.9
Run 1:12:38.5 (6.5 mi?)
Overall 3:03:28.3
Division 5/7, gender 162/192, overall 210/256

My results here, full results here, and photos here.