Supertramp

As originally presented, Supergirl was so sweet and loveable that her cousin wished he could marry her.

Jim Mooney (pencil/ink)

“Loveable” isn’t how Superman thinks of the updated Supergirl. She’s a drunk party girl.

This trailer for the new movie features Blondie’s ‘Call Me’.

Another trailer has Jimmy Ruffin’s ‘What Becomes of the Brokenhearted’.

Rick James’ ‘Superfreak’ seems a likely song selection, but when the credits roll this one from Donovan would be my pick.

An Opaque Shade of Green

PBS Newshour didn’t shy away from highlighting Alan Greenspan’s devotion to Ayn Rand, whose ultra-Libertarian effect on Capitalism ultimately required a hefty dose of John Maynard Keynes to save the economy.

The NYTimes has, as expected, a comprehensive Greenspan obituary.

But the ideological stamp he put on policymaking came to be associated as well with the destructive consequences of forces that emerged on his watch, including deregulation of banking and Wall Street, the loss of American jobs to free trade and persistent concerns about bubbles in stock and housing prices.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/us/alan-greenspan-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sVA.-jQs.XaKX6L7930Re&smid=url-share


Also from last night’s PBS Newshour, is this reminder of Al Gore’s inconvenient truth.