I hope Abigail blogs about this soon (what I don't know about Israeli politics could fill volumes), but since it's the middle of the night in her time zone, people may want to talk about this now.
LGM contest: Can you identify the author? (If you already encountered this in the wild -- Karen, cough, Karen -- please don't spoil the fun for your fellow LGMers): I.
It's like...the reverse Murc's Law: In his speech, he appeared to call out Sinema and Manchin, though he did not do so by name. "I hear all the folks on TV.
Very low energy: Former President Donald Trump’s blog — a webpage where he shared statements after larger social media companies banned him from their platforms — has been permanently shut down, his spokesman said Wednesday.The page “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” has been scrubbed from...
Biden has taken care of another bad legacy of the Trump administration: The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, unspooling a signature.
During the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden made a number of fairly bold policy proposals regarding cancelling a lot of student debt. Student debt is a significant economic and social problem.
I was struck in yesterday's race and policing thread by the number of commenters who said that corporate words about fighting racism (blackwashing perhaps?) actually had meaning. They don't. The thing about corporations saying they are going to act on issues of racial justice is that...
Hello, old friends. I just popped into say that I find that since the "Friends" reunion special, the Discourse surrounding it has been bad. "Friends" was good. I haven't watched.
This is the grave of David Garroway. Born in 1913 in Schenectady, New York, Garroway lived all over the place as a child, as his parents moved constantly. They finally.
As Texas prepares to pass Jim Crow III: The Trump Revolutions, it's worth remembering that none of this would be possible without John Roberts removing section 2 of the 15th Amendment from the Constitution by fiat: The 15th Amendment — one of three ratified in the...
Social movements come in different varieties. Some are movements that emerge slowly out of years and decades of organizing and remain relatively contained and containable by their leaders. These might.
Sarah Kliff reports that some people are refusing to take the vaccine because they don't believe it will really be free: When Paul Moser considers getting a coronavirus vaccine, he.