To do good continually

. . . which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually.

Mosiah 5:2

A change wrought in my heart begins

as I repent of all my sins,

and stifle ev'ry inclination

to evil and abomination.

Thou, O Lord, art good to me --

cannot I thus so follow thee

to do as much good as I can

to those I call my fellow man?

Let righteousness my study be

as I strive to serve faithfully!

Timericks from stories by Tiffany Hsu, Joseph Goldstein, and Gerry Shih.

Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Loses More Advertisers
@tiffkhsu


Disney says 'No thank you, Tuck'/T-Mobile says he's out of luck/Soon Mr. Carlson will so lack/a sponsor that he'll go right back/to asking all the livelong day/if he can join the CIA.



She Survived the Coronavirus. Then She Got a $400,000 Medical Bill.
@JoeKGoldstein


Chinese soccer superstar calls for ouster of Communist Party, stunning nation.
@gerryshih


There once was an athlete named Hao/who Xi Jinping did disavow/His comments caused fear/then did disappear/quite buried by Beijing's long plow.

Pride and Craftiness

. . . to stir them up in remembrance of their duty, and that he might pull down, by the word of God, all the pride and craftiness and all the contentions which were among his people . . .
Alma 4:19

Stir me up, O Lord, I pray

to keep in mind thy holy way.

And when I'm tempted off to stray,

help thoughts of thee with me to stay.

I am contentious, often so --

and pride makes my forgiveness slow.

And I like using all my guile

to put my neighbors oft on trial.

Thy word alone, in love and peace,

is all that can bring me release

from imps and devils of malaise.

Elseways I'm a hopeless case!

Timericks from stories by Isaac Stanley-Becker, Liz Clarke, and Allan Sloan

Fox News removes manipulated images from coverage of Seattle protests.
@isaacstanbecker

A network like Fox is too big/to give a hoot or care a fig/if photos mislead/and cause truth to bleed/Miraculous when they renege.



The Confederate flag long has flown in the face of NASCAR’s hopes for broader appeal.
@lizclarketweet

Johnny Reb is long since dead/so why's his flag still in our head?/It's time to tear it down for good/It never stood for Robin Hood . . . 


Don’t think a great stock market means we’ve got a great economy.


The greatest fraud and masquerade/is done by Wall Street when they trade/When stocks go up they wear a crown/then blame the Fed when stocks go down/I'd rather keep my money snug/by hiding it beneath the rug.

Photo Essay: Postcards mailed to President Donald Trump, Editor Emeritus Dan Kelly, Science Reporter Dennis Overbye, and Maestro Steve Smith.

Mailed to:  Maestro Steve Smith

Mailed to: Science reporter Dennis Overbye

 Mailed to:  President Donald Trump

Mailed to:  Editor Emeritus Dan Kelly.

Filled with Joy

And it came to pass that after they had spoken these words the Spirit of the Lord came upon them, and they were filled with joy, having received a remission of their sins, and having peace of conscience, because of the exceeding faith which they had in Jesus Christ who should come, according to the words which king Benjamin had spoken unto them.

Mosiah 4:3

A flood, a spasm, so complete

is God's tremendous joy

that I am left to wonder why

my heart with sin I cloy.

When peerless comfort I possess

through Christ's atoning blood,

still am I attracted to 

the things of trash and mud!

Increase my faith, O Lord my God,

and help me to repent,

so once again fit revelry

I'll make on my ascent!

Timericks from stories by John Schwartz, Dan Lamothe, and William Booth.

Where’s Airborne Plastic? Everywhere, Scientists Find.

@jswatz

Microplastic is diverse/and the news keeps getting worse/In our water, in our air/maybe in our underwear/Ersatz motes are infiltrating/the very act of populating!

U.S. military faces a reckoning on how to handle its Confederate symbols without provoking Trump.

@DanLamothe

The Pentagon puts up with hooey/to keep Trump from going kablooey/Confederate symbols/are floated on gimbals/while black soldiers holler out 'Phooey!' 

Winston Churchill statue is put in a protective box . . . 

@BoothWilliam

Like a surly Christmas gift/Winnie's given a face lift/In a gray box he resides/confusing all the new tour guides/When agendas run amok/ev'ryone acts like a schmuck.

Photo Essay: Postcards to my President, and to other Persons of Interest.

To:  President Donald Trump

To:  Reporter Fred Melo. PiPress.

To:  Sen. Mitt Romney

To:  Sir Robert Reed, Esq. 

Photo Essay: Postcard to my President. Vol. 36

Natalie Andrews' Large Black Mustache.

Reporter Natalie Andrews.  WSJ.

Natalie started her own cardboard fence company at the age of ten. She saw the need for cheap and fast fencing, and used her entire life savings of five dollars and fifty eight cents to invest in corrugated cardboard and a hundred business cards -- which she cleverly also had made of cardboard.
Her company was an outstanding success until the first heavy rains of autumn.
Then she had to flee to Honduras.
But she overcame this setback with grit and determination, and a large black mustache to disguise herself. She still wears it sometimes to frighten small children.
She decided to become a journalist because she was under the mistaken impression that they get to eat free at Wendy's. Plus she likes to pretend to write things down in small leather bound notebooks that she keeps filling with doodles and sending to the Smithsonian -- and which they keep returning to her, with notes on cream colored stationary imploring her to stop it.
Her dreams came true when she was asked to join the Wall Street Journal -- first as a lowly gofer, then as a comer, then as a candied prawn vendor, and finally as a full-fledged charwoman when she promised her bosses she would mop up the mess in Congress.
She owns a cottage in the Hamptons, a still in Tennessee, and a mailbox at her local UPS store.
Her passions include phrenology and collecting porcelain postage stamps, from Hungary, that are dated between the regimes of Mihaly Karolyi  and Miklos Horthy.
She likes to keep a jar of deracinated hairpins on her desk for emergencies.
She has a pet walrus, named 'Nuzzler.' 
Her many awards include the Veldhuisen Medal for her daring expose on the Halitosis Racket, and a blue ribbon from the Minnesota State Fair for her oyster pie.
Her advice to fledgling reporters is "Take a nap first."