Jeffrey Epstein has apparently committed suicide. Thoughts: (1) Epstein had supposedly tried to kill himself a few days ago. It’s almost impossible for a prisoner who is known to be a suicide ri
This is an amazing thread, in which Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science, argues that the bombing of Nagasaki was a product of bureaucratic inertia rather than grand strategy. According to Wellers
The problem with this business is that it’s filled to the brim with unrealistic . . . individuals. Individuals who thought their ass would age like wine. If that means it turns to vinegar, it do
Whoops. He then emailed both Gay and her assistant to demand an “enormous apology”: Also, Weisman’s paper with a front page story both siding the very fraught issue if it’s OK
ICE and the Trump administration deliberately conducted these raids on the first day of school, to maximize the terror they would inflict on the children whose parents were arrested for the crime of t
Notes from another country: (1) I think an under-rated factor in regard to the shape of contemporary politics is how many movement conservatives remember Nixon being driven out of office as some sort
Stephen Ross, a multi-billionaire who owns among many other things the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, is holding a $250,000 per plate fundraiser for Donald Trump later this week in West Egg. (Besides din
Rep. Joaquin Castro — he’s the twin brother of Julian Castro — tweeted out a campaign add that featured a list including the names and occupations of people in his San Antonio congre