(1) From the When-Was-It-On-Department, the Oscar ratings dropped 60% Sunday night April 25. The experts say many young people don’t watch shows like this anymore, Covid closed every movie theater for a while so nobody could see who cudda been a contender but maybe the most important observation wasn’t mentioned by any “expert”: The acceptance speeches went on too long. Make it 2-minutes to thank your mother or lover and get off the stage.
(2) The federal gas tax hasn’t been raised since 1993 and the Biden administration has offered a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to improve America’s roads without a gas tax increase. Anyone see a problem here?
(3) House Republicans gathered in Florida to discuss policy ideas to win back elections in 2022 and 2024. They didn’t invite the loud man from Mar-a-Lago. That’s a good policy right there.
(4) College students playing on their school sports teams are there to get a degree. They shouldn’t be paid to go to a university because they have professional sports potential.
(5) Can Norah O’Donnell stop closing out every correspondent report with “Thank you (correspondent’s name)”? Someone with a pulse at CBS has to consider it (1) predictable (2) irritating and (3) repetitious.