This ain’t Sesame Street, but the letter of the day is “R”. Research, romance, revisionism, racism and one reckless journalist. Boston is the only place that cares about John Henry, so naturally he made the Globe’s quiz on letters of love. ESPN has enough channels to show poker at any given time, but do you know why only a few of those players are women? Fair and balanced history is in the eye of the beholder. Kevin’s new home brought us grunge, Starbucks and Nike, but the Pacific Northwest is also home to the Northwest Republic, a would-be white supremacist country. In his early days, Hunter S. Thompson asked William Faulkner for a weekly stipend. In case you missed it, he was also in the Rose Garden when Nixon left office. Carry on. — Andrew Geer
