Erik asked the other day why Generation X is so politically conservative, relatively speaking. Andrew Gelman, along with a couple of co-authors has a really interesting, if pretty technical, paper.
If these leaks mean anything, it sure looks like Kash Patel is following Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi out the door (Pretty sure these developments prove DEI Doesn't Work). FBI.
Great job American voters! You put a "real businessman"* in charge, instead of all those clown politicians acting like clowns. *Not a real businessman. Also, too, you know Needy Amin.
There's been a request to discuss this particularly ripe pile of bullshit, and we are nothing if not a full service blog: Pete Hegseth’s top spin doctor tried to defend.
This is very disappointing: Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a highly unusual public apology to a colleague Wednesday, saying her criticism of Justice Brett Kavanaugh for his writing in an earlier.
Everyone associated with the Trump administration is the scum of the earth: The Trump administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for.
Eric Alterman has an affecting essay about, among other things, the ultimately quite complex question of the relationship between an author's intentions for a text and the meaning interpreters choose.
Charles Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a man who thinks ahead: Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley named two conservative senators as preferred replacements for a potential Supreme Court vacancy.
