From pardoning nonviolent drug offenders to pardoning war criminals, an American story: President Trump has indicated that he is considering pardons for several American military members accused or co
Courtesy of commentarian rm, the DOPUS is back on his furrin cars are a national security threat bullshit and Toyota is not amused by the latest trumper tantrump. Toyota has criticized President Donal
Reading this truly dreadful piece I referenced yesterday, I was reminded of Katha Pollitt’s immortal line about Sully’s fellow misogynist Brit Christopher Hitchens: “[i]t wasn’t ju
The consolidation of Republican control of the Supreme Court is really, really bad. It’s worth noting that Trump packing the circuit courts with young neoconfederate cranks is also really bad: K
On May 18, 1979, a jury found for Karen Silkwood’s estate in her plutonium exposure case. Unfortunately, she had died in a car accident five years earlier that was likely a murder orchestrated b
This piece by Rebecca Traister is yer essential weekend reading: I have been thinking, like so many people this week, about rage. Who I’m mad at, what that anger’s good for, how what makes me madd
Michelle Goldberg observes that with respect to the coming disembowelment of Roe v. Wade in many states things won’t be as bad as the pre-Roe status quo ante. They’ll be worse: True, in a
I’m slowly plowing through the Personal Memoirs of US Grant, which are as good as advertised. This short anecdote has some useful lessons about 19th century travel, the nature of the US Army, an