Events

Chief Justice of the US John Roberts (R) must have decided he's OK being second only to Roger Taney in presiding over a Supreme Court not just athwart history, but obviously on the wrong side of it. Taney had Dred Scott and Prigg; Roberts already had Citizens United and Heller, and now has Slaughter and too many others to name.

The National Weather Service issued a rare Extreme Heat Warning for Chicago this morning:

I've just released a new version of the Daily Parker. The most compelling new features are all under the hood; specifically, there are a lot of performance tweaks and data optimizations in this version.

This morning, the Republicans on the US Supreme Court overturned a 90-year precedent that had prevented the president from firing civil servants from nonpartisan agencies (except, wouldn't you know, the Federal Reserve):

This is what confronted us Friday evening, when we decided we really liked the cabin:

We're packing up and heading home. Last night there were many burnt marshmallows and terrorized bunnies. Today, we hope for BBQ brisket in Ripon, Wis., and a quick stop at Mars Cheese Castle just before we hit the Illinois line.