Paul J. Bauer
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Books, botany, baseball, biking...care and feeding of ArchersBooks.com.
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Thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, Amazon saw its corporate income taxes shrink by more than HALF last year, even as its profits climbed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, Amazon saw its corporate income taxes shrink by more than HALF last year, even as its profits climbed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
In its 60th anniversary catalogue, our friends at The Kent State University Press looked back and chose a few staff picks. Thrilled that Jim Tully's harrowing (and banned) account of circus and carny life was one of them. Thanks Darryl Crosby and, as always, KSUP.
February 4, 2026 at 4:27 PM
In its 60th anniversary catalogue, our friends at The Kent State University Press looked back and chose a few staff picks. Thrilled that Jim Tully's harrowing (and banned) account of circus and carny life was one of them. Thanks Darryl Crosby and, as always, KSUP.
"The last time I refused a drink I didn't understand the question." William Kennedy quoting his old Irish uncle in O Albany!
February 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"The last time I refused a drink I didn't understand the question." William Kennedy quoting his old Irish uncle in O Albany!
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There are approximately 3 million undocumented persons in Texas and Florida, and there are about 100,000 in Minnesota. Ask yourself why ICE has been deployed to MN, but not even close to the same way in FL and TX. This isn't about immigration, it is all about politics and retribution.
January 25, 2026 at 11:35 AM
There are approximately 3 million undocumented persons in Texas and Florida, and there are about 100,000 in Minnesota. Ask yourself why ICE has been deployed to MN, but not even close to the same way in FL and TX. This isn't about immigration, it is all about politics and retribution.
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It's a Jack Smith fight. And the GOP shitheels showed up with a Jim Jordan.
January 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM
It's a Jack Smith fight. And the GOP shitheels showed up with a Jim Jordan.
"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." HL Mencken
January 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." HL Mencken
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b... I'm an absolute sucker for field guides and am especially fond of regional and niche guides
Liverwort or Moss? Horny Toad or Fence Lizard? Niche Field Guides Can Tell You.
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January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b... I'm an absolute sucker for field guides and am especially fond of regional and niche guides
I respectfully ask the Tigers' Tarik Skubal to give the Cy Young Award to my grandmother's parakeet. Nobody deserves it more than "Prettty Boy." He didn't give up a single run last season and didn't walk a single batter. He did this despite having no arms and having been dead for sixty years.
January 16, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I respectfully ask the Tigers' Tarik Skubal to give the Cy Young Award to my grandmother's parakeet. Nobody deserves it more than "Prettty Boy." He didn't give up a single run last season and didn't walk a single batter. He did this despite having no arms and having been dead for sixty years.
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Worth every second
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Worth every second
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A simple concept: three or four people discussing old books. I started with Paul Theroux' Kingdom by the Sea. I read it when it was released in 1983 and am somewhat alarmed that it is considered "old." The shoe, I suppose, fits. Highly recommended.
A simple concept: three or four people discussing old books. I started with Paul Theroux' Kingdom by the Sea. I read it when it was released in 1983 and am somewhat alarmed that it is considered "old." The shoe, I suppose, fits. Highly recommended.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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A simple concept: three or four people discussing old books. I started with Paul Theroux' Kingdom by the Sea. I read it when it was released in 1983 and am somewhat alarmed that it is considered "old." The shoe, I suppose, fits. Highly recommended.
A simple concept: three or four people discussing old books. I started with Paul Theroux' Kingdom by the Sea. I read it when it was released in 1983 and am somewhat alarmed that it is considered "old." The shoe, I suppose, fits. Highly recommended.
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Putting their voice to their words.
Putting their voice to their words.
Joan Didion and Kurt Vonnegut Had Something to Say. We Have It on Tape.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Putting their voice to their words.
Putting their voice to their words.
All the lists of the best books of 2025 are coming out and I realize I'm still working on the best books of 1925. I'm never going to get caught up at this rate!
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
All the lists of the best books of 2025 are coming out and I realize I'm still working on the best books of 1925. I'm never going to get caught up at this rate!
A scene I love from Ron Chernow's new biography of Mark Twain describes him playing with his daughters, They are blowing soap bubbles. His are filled with cigar smoke.
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A scene I love from Ron Chernow's new biography of Mark Twain describes him playing with his daughters, They are blowing soap bubbles. His are filled with cigar smoke.
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True tale: A Baltimore police colonel called a rival at 3 a.m. from a crime scene: "Leon, I got you now. You fucked up. You wrote "POLICE" backwards on the front of the EVU truck."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
True tale: A Baltimore police colonel called a rival at 3 a.m. from a crime scene: "Leon, I got you now. You fucked up. You wrote "POLICE" backwards on the front of the EVU truck."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
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RFK Jr. would like us to ignore the problem of bacterial contamination of unpasteurized milk.
RFK Jr. would like us to ignore the problem of bacterial contamination of unpasteurized milk.
Beyond the Noise #85: See no evil
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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RFK Jr. would like us to ignore the problem of bacterial contamination of unpasteurized milk.
RFK Jr. would like us to ignore the problem of bacterial contamination of unpasteurized milk.
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One is reminded of the crowds growing thinner during that legendary, if ill-fated North American tour of Spinal Tap:
"Their appeal has become more selective."
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"Their appeal has become more selective."
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November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
One is reminded of the crowds growing thinner during that legendary, if ill-fated North American tour of Spinal Tap:
"Their appeal has become more selective."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
"Their appeal has become more selective."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w... Two centuries later and the poppy, a plant native to neither China nor the West, still looms.
How the 19th-Century Opium War Shapes Xi’s Trade Clash With Trump
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October 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w... Two centuries later and the poppy, a plant native to neither China nor the West, still looms.
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Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
In forty years of bookselling I've managed to sell William Dean Howells, forgotten critic of 19th century American literature, once. I just bought back that very copy. There should be a telethon for whatever I've got.
October 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In forty years of bookselling I've managed to sell William Dean Howells, forgotten critic of 19th century American literature, once. I just bought back that very copy. There should be a telethon for whatever I've got.
Mattress delivery/haul away guys don't want to hear your bedbug stories. They just don't.
September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mattress delivery/haul away guys don't want to hear your bedbug stories. They just don't.