Blog Heap of Links for the day 1 October 2018

…On this day in 1940 the Pennsylvania Turnpike, opened to traffic. It is credited as the first superhighway in the United States. I drove from MD to OH on this highway back in 1970. It was in ghastly shape then.…

…It's the first Monday in October, the start of a brand new term of the Supreme Court but thanks to the absolutely disgusting political hit job inflicted on the nation and on decent, upright and completely innocent Brett Kavanaugh and his family, the court will be short one justice.…