As of the 2024 election season, Al Gore is the youngest person to finish runner-up in a U.S. presidential election. He has held the record for 24 years. But is that THE all time record? I examine.

I selected the best freely available English-language sources on Halloween in Japan to learn about its growing popularity there in recent years.

Victor V. Gurbo shares his new covers of Mr. Blue and I'm So Tired, with the story of how his covers came to be and background information about the original songs.