Merle Hazard

America's Foremost Country Singer/Economist. (With a "z," not a "gg.")

[Bill Gifford @billgifford]

Oddly reassuring to know that the Supreme Court also puts everything off until the day before deadline

[Merle Hazard @MerleHazard]

I’ve put a new video out today. Arnold Schoenberg and That Ol' Atonal Music: A Conversation
https://t.co/0IDouFKBgo

[People @people]

Alison Brown, Steve Martin and Della Mae Join Together for Rousing, Appalachian-Rooted 'New Cluck Old Hen' Video (Exclusive) https://t.co/AeD9wx8nIs

[Merle Hazard @MerleHazard]

New and funny, from Steve Young https://t.co/cQYOzfOH8T

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

In honor of Presidents’ Day and its fabled discount mattress sales, here is a photograph of President Truman’s White House mattress in 1952:

[Merle Hazard @MerleHazard]

Tom Lehrer is no longer with us, but this piece of satire from him, “Send the Marines,” is still on point https://t.co/kOsvSiOy2j

[Greg Ip @greg_ip]

I had one of those headbanging holiday flight experiences recently. Bad weather, serial delays, changing explanations, dropped calls/long holds on customer service. I got home 3 hours late. Here's what I found notable: not once did I notice someone yell, loudly complain, chew out the gate agents or customer service reps, cut a line, invoke premium status or urgency. Passengers with special needs companions, small children, etc, all quietly coped. People are, fundamentally, decent and civilized. Let's give 'em credit.

[James Bailey @jbailey]

Alison Gopnik spent most of the conversation trying to hide the ball, but made a great point here:

[Albert Einstein @AlbertEinstein]

100 years ago this month: This December 1925 photo shows a meeting between physicists Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein who met in the Netherlands in an attempt to resolve their scientific differences regarding the developing quantum theory. #ThrowbackThursday

[Merle Hazard @MerleHazard]

Interesting on its own, from a father of quantum mechanics. Bonus factoid: Olivia Newton-John was his granddaughter. (Sounds like I made that up, but it’s true.)

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.

-- Max Born

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.

-- Max Born

[Merle Hazard @MerleHazard]

Good, short article on the caustic tongue of Wolfgang Pauli

[Albert Einstein @AlbertEinstein]

Nobel laureate physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a penchant for hurling evil zingers at other scientists — including Einstein > https://t.co/phsHzF2cPq @phalpern

[Merle Hazard @MerleHazard]

Ooh, an idea: if the Nobel Prize 🏆 Committee really wants to send a message, they could give Gavin Newsom’s press office the prize for Literature.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

WOW! FOX NEWS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT ME (GAVIN C. NEWSOM), AMERICA’S FAVORITE GOVERNOR!!! TONIGHT THEIR ENTIRE PRIMETIME LINEUP WAS ABOUT ME! JESSE WATTERS KEPT CALLING ME “DADDY” (VERY WEIRD, NOT INTERESTED, BUT THANK YOU!). SEAN HANNITY (VERY NICE GUY) NEARLY CRIED BECAUSE I WON’T TAKE HIS “ADVICE.” SORRY SEAN!!!! THEN THEY DRAGGED OUT THE B-TEAM OF DUMB DUMBS: “MEATBALL RON,” TOMI “TOILET” LAHREN, AND TEDDY “CANCUN” CRUZ (HE EVEN FLEW BACK SPECIAL FROM MEXICO!) ALL WHINING ABOUT ME, GCN! THEY HAD TO “PLAY THE MUSIC” TO SHUT TED UP ABOUT MY BEAUTIFUL HAIR (I GET IT! SO JEALOUS!). TOTAL DISASTER. MAGA HATES ME BECAUSE THEY HATE YOU. THEY HATE THAT CALIFORNIA IS THE 4TH BIGGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. THEY HATE THAT CRIME IS DOWN, THAT WE’RE #1 IN FARMING (I LOVE THE FARMERS!), MANUFACTURING, TOURISM & TECH… ALL WHILE WE GIVE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, FREE SCHOOL MEALS (MAKE AMERICA PREGNANT AGAIN!), PAID “BABY LEAVE” FOR MOMS (THEY SHOULD NOT RETURN ANYWAYS!!), $20 MINIMUM WAGE & SO MUCH MORE FOR THE PEOPLE!!! THEY HATE THAT DEMOCRATS ARE WINNING. FOX & MAGA HAVE NEWSOM DERANGEMENT SYNDROME!!! THEY SHOULD CRY HARDER! SAD!!! — GCN

[Merle Hazard @MerleHazard]

RIP, Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025. A total hero. A favorite story: when scientists came up to him and said how much they liked his song, "Wernher von Braun," he would think to himself, "You idiot. It's about YOU." True story.

[Merle Hazard @MerleHazard]

New song on the history of the Medicaid program. It was a collab among @Erika_Beras, @alisononbanjo, and me. For this new Planet Money episode. The whole show is very well done, but if u r in a hurry, fyi our song is around the 32 min mark. https://t.co/Ieq2LrBZKr

[Alison Brown @alisononbanjo]

Just follow Steve Martin’s simple and very easy to understand instructions.

[Tracy Alloway @tracyalloway]

I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover that the odds being produced by a bunch of gamblers accessing a gray betting market through a VPN might be prone to manipulation.

[Henry Alford @henryalford]

A haunted house, but each room is a different regional aircraft