This is a guest post by Western Dave. I want to thank Erik and the other front-pagers for giving me the chance to spread the word about yet another outrage that is occurring and requires action. Like many of us in the current crisis, my friend...
Yesterday I predicted that the White House story about Donald Trump's wildly racist middle of the night post, in which he reproduced a video of the Obamas transformed into apes,.
On Sunday, Japan will hold an election for the House of Representatives, a 465-member body that comprises the lower house of the national Diet. The last election, just over 15.
As we're kicking off the second quarter of the 21st century (and I remember 1/1/2000 like it was yesterday), 1945 asked me to rank the Eight Greats, with some thoughts about spheres of influence thrown in... The honest truth about “spheres of influence” is that they...
This very thought-provoking (gift link) interview with Michael Pollan about his latest book project raised some thoughts in me that I'm throwing out as a jumping off point for a.
This is the grave of Alexander Clay. Born in 1853 in Powder Springs, Georgia, Alexander Stephens Clay was, well, named after the other Alexander Stephens, the VP of treason. In.
I had never seen any version of A Star is Born, including the recent one with Lady Gaga. The story is well known--girl wants to be famous in the entertainment industry, things go poorly. famous but self-destructive man discovers here, they fall in love, she becomes...
Well, I guess you can hope for anything: With Vance and Rubio set to be in attendance at the San Siro stadium for the opening ceremony, International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Community members clash with ICE, other federal officers, Minneapolis police, and other state officers as officials raid Las Cuatro Milpas in Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Photo by Nicole.
Not even in Mississippi: A proposed ICE detention facility that would have held 8,500 immigrants in a warehouse in Byhalia, Mississippi, won’t happen, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says. “I just spoke with DHS Secretary Noem about the proposed ICE detention facility in Marshall County,” the Mississippi Republican said...
Not quite a month ago, we were told that DHS had acquired a mechanism that may be behind "Havana syndrome." it looked like what psychologists call "priming" to me. Priming.
Really interesting article here on the massive differences in support for Trump among people who primarily get their news from various platforms: A large part of this divergence is down.