The divine Sarah, that is, producing instant tabloid heaven:

New York tabloid seizes on Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald Trump.

That’s not nice, but the graphics are funny. So are some of the wisecracks on Twitter offered below in this Market Watch piece.

On the other hand, Palin is “gold” with Evangelicals, said Faith & Freedom Coalition chairman Ralph Reed.

And we do know Trump burned his bridges with New York intelligentsia quite a while back.

The whole story is here: New York Daily News mocks Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald Trump – MarketWatch

There’s a bright side.

A number of data-driven articles suggest that the stock market and the economy aren’t nearly as troubled as the handwringers might suggest.

Source: Bright Side to Stock Rout – Barron’s

His father, a former Army draftee and then officer in WW2 Euro combat, then a police chief, was distant almost all of the time. Way at the end, a confession and a revelation:

Today I live in Jupiter, Fla., in a five-bedroom house on the water. I’ve lived here for more than 20 years. I love my living room most. When my father was up in his years, he lived with me and sat in there with his pipe.

In his last years, he finally told me he loved me. He also apologized for not telling me so earlier or showing me affection. He said, “Son, I never knew what I was supposed to say or do as a father.”

The whole story, which is easy reading, is here: The Athletic Boyhood of Actor Burt Reynolds – WSJ