Quack, New Monopoly Tokens!

Say it isn't so, Hasbro. According to the company that sells Monopoly, the 1935 board game it acquired from Parker Brothers in 1991, a recent online vote led to discontinuing three of the game's original tokens: the Boot, Thimble, and Wheelbarrow. The new tokens replacing them?  A Tyrannosaurus Rex, Penguin, and Rubber Ducky.

Some online posters are fuming, saying the vote and changes reflect modern Americans' ignorance of commerce and aversion to hard work, and the larger imbroglio of "takers," welfare, and entitlement programs. What's next, they ask, renaming the corner Jail a Safe Space?

Will playing with Rubber Duckies make it harder to become monopolists and plutocrats?

Vernal Equinox

C'mon Spring!

Winter Storm Stella

The New Yorker ~ Pat Byrnes

City of Women

Forget about binders full of women, here's the map.

Click here to see map with rollover magnifier on newyorker.com

One Two-Millionth of the Night Sky

Trump, Obama, Ambassador Kislyak, golden showers, emails, wiretaps . . . a tempest in a teapot on our pale blue dot.

In 1995, Nasa pointed the Hubble telescope at a small dark area near Ursa Major, better known as the Big Dipper. This area represents just one two-millionth of the night sky. 150 hours of Hubble recordings revealed more than 1,500 galaxies, each with billions of stars.

Somewhere, something is tuning in to Meet The Press this morning, shaking its head or tentacles and thinking, "Maybe we'll visit in a few million years."