3 essential reads on our slide into authoritarianism

What's that old saying? If you're not mad, you're not paying attention. Here are three stories worth paying attention to this weekend.

Good Saturday afternoon, all.

First up, my apologies for my protracted absence (I know I’ve been saying that a lot lately). My responsibilities changed at the day job. There was a bit of travel. And my daughter was in town for a week. All of which conspired to keep me away from the keyboard for avocational writing pursuits.

And at a time in our history wh…