If you can read this and figure out how this cozy little arrangement doesn't add up at this point in the proceedings to obstruction of justice, you have what is known as a legal mind: In a turn that is oh-so-meta, a brand new hush money...
This is why upper-class tax cuts are so important. 50 K [per month] don't get you to first base in the Big Apple, not anymore: Besieged by creditors and with.
Following up on Paul's post earlier, the FInancial Times recently had a fascinating look into why auto-related fatalities are so much higher in the US than in peer countries. The.
Let's check in on the new, populist, working-class Republican Party: Former President Donald J. Trump told a group of oil executives and lobbyists gathered at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort last month that they should donate $1 billion to his presidential campaign because, if elected,...
Five years ago I did a post on how driving had become radically safer per mile driven in America over the course of the 100 years or so when car.
This is the grave of Mon Wallgren. Born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1891, Monrad Wallgren (I don't know Monrad seems like an insane name, but Conrad doesn't; in any.
Another night of playoffs means another NBA and general sports open thread. The games tonight are not necessarily that interesting--the Celtics are going to eviscerate Cleveland again. Mavs-Thunder could be interesting, but Luka hasn't played that well lately and isn't that healthy. The Mavs just don't...
Excellent piece by Melissa Gira Grant about how bans an abortion act as a coercive tool for domestic abusers: Nearly two years since the Dobbs decision, it’s clear that the end of Roe didn’t.
Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) is a social movement/Internet meme which has been gaining increasing attention over the past few years, after getting its start in the early 1990s. The.
Today the Court ruled 6-3 -- with a "sorry we had to eat the oysters" concurrence by Gorsuch and Thomas -- that Alabama could seize and retain cars owned by two women who did not actually commit and crimes without a preliminary hearing. Justice Sotomayor's dissent...
This is how Republicans make sure their corporate masters are taken care of. We all know the drill by now: A federal agency finalizes a rule to make people’s lives.
With the possible exception of Elsie Stefanik, no politician has done more to become the Next Donald Trump as Kristi Noem. She put all her eggs in the Trumpian basket..