Ron Popeil died this week. You may not know the name, but you do know the lines “But wait, there’s more,” and “Set it and forget it.” “As Seen on TV,” was a Popeil invention. It slices. It dices. You know or have heard of the products, from the Veg-O-Matic to the… ncG1vNJzZmiilZuzpr7SqKWgqpGdrq560q6ZrKyRmLhvr86mZqlnkqrBbsPAoqtmrJiav6a%2FjKamq51dp7KuscybnKuhnpw%3D

For reasons I can’t entirely explain, I love the CBS show Survivor. I’m somewhere between a fan and a super-fan. (Super-fans have knowledge that I can’t begin to compete with, but I do watch every episode. And I read after-show interviews. And I occasionally text with some former contestants to discuss strategy. And, okay, I listen to some Survivor podcasts. Look, nobody’s perfect.) Last night was the season finale, and it was awesome.

Welcome to our weekend conversation! Many of you have likely already heard the news: Gettysburg Review announced this past week that Gettysburg College would cease the magazine’s publication. On the magazine’s site, Editor Mark Drew posted, After thirty-five years of editorial and publishing excellence, the president of Gettysburg College has decided to end the Gettysburg Review. Lauren [Hohle] and I are understandably devastated. We have been offered a rationale for this decision, but it’s frankly one that neither Lauren nor I understand or accept.

Last week on her very popular podcast, Candace Owens took a moment to celebrate that Victoria’s Secret is “bringing sexy back.” The body-positive marketing gimmick is running out of steam, and Victoria’s Secret, having invested in the woke aesthetic, is running out of money. So, they are “returning to the hot girls,” whose aspirational figures “make you want to buy what they’re selling.” Owens approves of this; she’s “glad they learned their lesson,” and looks forward to “watching the hot girls replace the unattractive girls” in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and catalogs.

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