Cold Comfort
Doing my best, even when I'm not feeling that way.
Hey Friends,
I get a cold about once every other year, and when I do, it makes it hard to write a newsletter about current events. So I'll share two important updates, then revisit a recent article I think you should all read, if you haven't already.
This week, I started off with the Super Bowl commercials and Halftime Show, interrupted only briefly by an NFL Football game. The Halftime, with Bad Bunny, received a lot of attention this week.
It was the latest example of an event that started at six, where the Latinos didn’t show up until eight.
To set the stage, Bad Bunny was surrounded by hundreds of stalks of sugar cane and grass, which moved about the stage. Just as they tell us AI will take all of our jobs, Bad Bunny goes and hires nearly 400 real people to play a bundle of grass. This is a timely reminder that no matter what happens with technology, there will always be a place for real people, even if it's as simple as pretending to be an inanimate object.
Bunny (who, to his closest friends, is known merely as 'Bad') spoke only Spanish in his performance, and couldn't be understood by most American viewers, drawing comparisons to the Rolling Stones, who performed in 2006 when Mick Jagger was 62. For Trump's part, he said he hated the performance and didn't understand a word. Then he did this:
Trump slurs his words:
— FactPost (@factpostnews) February 11, 2026
"I'm proud to officially be named the undithput... the, when did this come out, Mr. Speaker?" pic.twitter.com/r0XC7grvzd
Bunny, a Puerto Rican musician, is currently the world's biggest artist, receiving the most streams on Spotify in 2025 and winning album of the year at the Grammys. For the NFL, a for-profit enterprise, it makes sense that they would want to feature the artist drawing the most worldwide attention to its most significant broadcast of the year.
Megyn Kelly and, apparently, many of her friends don't understand this basic business principle. She believes that Bad Bunny's appearance was an insult to America and that the Super Bowl is supposed to be a unifying event. She believes the NFL exists solely to pay homage to her and the Bud Light crowd, not necessarily to make money, attract viewers, or, in general, operate a business. She believes we should celebrate Classic American culture. She adds, we want "meat loaf," a German dish, and "Fried Chicken," a Scottish and West African dish.
I want to say that Megyn Kelly sounds like an idiot, but in fact, I think she is doing exactly what the NFL has done. She is giving her audience what they want, so she can get paid.
Catherine Bouris
Pam Bonding
Yesterday, I spent time watching what I thought was the latest episode of the popular TV series, Traitors. But it turns out it was just a Congressional hearing. It was the scene where they are at the table, attacking each other, each digging more credulous than the last, in an effort to get screen time. This time, it was Pam Bondi in the hot seat.
Pam shouted like an angry mom, incensed that you didn't respect your daddy, by recognizing that the Dow is over 50,000 for the first time in history. How dare you talk about his alleged participation in human trafficking or the failures of the justice department when the economy is doing so well?
I think Pam Bondi is an odious muppet with a deep voice (no offense to Jim Henson, who created the Muppets). Her throat is like an ancient well that smells like rotten eggs, but it's because she spends the majority of her time on her knees in the Oval Office. But that being true, I think a Congressional hearing is a procedure conducted in bad faith, and therefore, it should mostly be ignored.
The questions don't matter, only the cameras do. The truth is not the goal, the soundbite is. Democrats ask performative questions and demand a yes or no answer when nothing in governing is that simple. Then Republicans lap praise and thanks on the witness, and yield their time for her to speak. Then the process repeats until everyone is thoroughly dried out. I heard that the hearing got hot and heavy, and I immediately thought, of course it did. But for what, other than content creation for social media feeds?
So when someone is asked to testify before Congress, in most cases, they have already lost. If they are cunning enough to win, you can be sure, the American People won't.
But if you must watch...
NBC News
How To Read The News
And lastly, I frequently hear from people who distrust the news and, as a result, gravitate toward sources even less trustworthy for their news. I want to invite those of you who have missed it to revisit an article that highlights my philosophy on how to get the most out of the news and avoid being fooled. I'll leave you with this:
Daniel Herndon
That's it for this week.
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Have a great weekend!
