School should be a place to learn, not a catch-all social service, and definitely not a child warehouse freeing up worker parents to produce profits for Wall Street. www.charlesbursell.com

Psychologists say focusing on the needs of others will improve your mood. That's good advice for the whole nation. www.charlesbursell.com

How should Lefties feel about Joe's first two weeks? MSNBC opinion columnist Mehdi Hasan says pretty good – so far. www.charlesbursell.com

Warmonger Tom Brokaw retires, advice for too polite Judy Woodruff, and Rachel Maddow's unique ability to cram 12 minutes of content into a 60-minute show. www.charlesbursell.com

"Financial Industry" and "Unearned Income" are oxymoronic and profit is theft. Also, the case FOR Capital Letters and punctuation. www.charlesbursell.com

Confessions of a cable junkie, Generation Jones, and some uncomfortable reflections on Larry King. www.charlesbursell.com

The Log will be back with new episodes on Monday, February 1st. In the meantime, radio listeners will hear select repeats in your regular time slot. All are invited to check out the full archive at https://charlesbursell.com/podcasts/the-log/

In these pivotal days our foundering democracy demands real solutions, not a corporate news media that would reduce history to just another TV show. www.charlesbursell.com

Republicans' craven capacity to lie and cheat on full display in Impeachment vote. Now, conviction is crucial to the future of democracywww.charlesbursell.com

We all have that friend, the self-proclaimed expert, the spiritual narcissist, and always with an itchy social media trigger finger. Enough already with the pithy disrespect for big ideas. www.charlesbursell.com