Was inspired to be where 9/11 took place yesterday. Spontaneously drove to NYC. Took hours but got there in time for sunset at the Memorial. Felt right to be able to pay my respects after 25 years. RIP to these souls, gone but definitely not forgotten.

My father, Randy Shepard, was a strategist who worked with the USMC. If you've ever seen Rite of Passage—better known as the lava monster commercial—you know some of his work. He was supposed to be at the Pentagon on 9/11, as he often was. Meeting was canceled the day before. Many were not so lucky. Hard to believe it's been 25 years. RIP.

Glad my extended sojourn amongst the northerners has not completely destroyed my Atlanta-area dialect, although I suspect it has damaged it.

Such an amazing photo. Deserves to be on the cover of Time. So proud of Team USA!🇺🇸

My wife is from Salem, MA and is a thirteenth-generation niece of Rebecca Nurse and Mary Eastey, both of whom were executed during the trials. It drives her crazy is that there is a popular belief that victims were burned at the stake. Most were hanged; nobody was burned.

Just got back from two weeks in Japan; it was an amazing journey. There's so much to say, but I think the most eye-opening thing I saw was young Japanese schoolchildren navigating major cities—Tokyo, Kyoto—with zero adult supervision. A true high-trust, cohesive society.

Something very ghoulish about supporting the death of people who say things you disagree with and then becoming a free speech absolutist when your views are merely chastised.

BREAKING: THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS THROWN OUT MY CONVICTION FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE THE CASE HAS BEEN REMANDED TO THE DISTRICT COURT WITH ORDERS TO IMMEDIATELY DISMISS HALLELUJAH!

Declaring my independence from endless bar prep today to celebrate my favorite holiday. Happy Fourth of July!

Something I think about often: there are more Republicans in Massachusetts* than in Mississippi, yet they have zero representation at the federal level and no meaningful representation at the state level. *extrapolating from presidential election totals, not voter registration (most voters in MA are unaffiliated)