This is from the original version of Maureen Dowd’s column this week. The one 800-word column a week she’s paid six figures to write with the assistance of staff: To use a phrase all of th
A slight bit of good news, as every nation has now passed the International Labour Organization’s Convention No. 182 on “The Worst Forms of Child Labor.” That’s great, but of c
I think a thread is in order on the Congressional primaries so far this year. It’s been very interesting, including this week. A few thoughts. Left-wing challengers to party functionaries in lef
Boiler room supervisor and man-about-Lynchburg-and-Miami-beach Jerry Falwell Jr. will be stepping aside to spend more time with his pool boy wife’s “assistant” family: Jerry Falwell
I haven’t seen any shows in five months, which is terrible. But I have read a lot and that has included a few books about music. Might as well discuss them. First, I read Stephen Foehr’s W
House Democrats passed a comprehensive relief bill in mid-May. Mitch McConnell responded to this with a two-month vacation, and still doesn’t have a response the legislature he controls can pass
I have a review of Simon Jimenez’s debut novel, The Vanished Birds, up at Strange Horizons. This is easily one of my favorite books of the year, a chewy far-future space adventure whose focus is
The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the life sentence given to a Black man for stealing a set of lawn clippers: A Black Louisiana man will spend the rest of his life in prison for stealing hedge clippe