Life in the pandemic is not easy for anyone. What is the proper behavior? What is out of bounds? We know that assholes going out to lunch at a crowded Colorado restaurant to own the libs is very bad. But what about the park? For...
Year: 2020
A bare 4-3 majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, with a lame duck judge who just lost a landslide election being the swing vote, just issued a Federalist blog post.
The Spanish were able to conquer the Mexica (Aztecs) due to the smallpox wiping out Tenochtitlan between 1519-21. But in the writings that survived the Spanish conquest, there were guides.
The horrifying death rates of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation have finally gotten the nation's attention. Native Americans are effectively forgotten about by the nation--even on the left--outside of very specific circumstances. The right is openly racist against them--racism in South Dakota or Montana or...
Whether Democratic Socialists of America's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate is important enough to merit a New York Times op-ed is an open question. I'd probably say not..
One of America's greatest musicians turns 70 today. I have a very sharp memory of the first time I heard "Superstition." It was during some sort of informal party at.
Jacobin has an essay on the new ESPN Michael Jordan documentary. I haven't seen it so take no position on its evaluation as a whole. But to be Scrupulously Fair I must note that this point is compelling -- nay, unanswerable: One criticism of MJ...
The last three and a half years have been a non-stop exercise in "imagine if Obama," to the point where it's easy to get callous about today's daily example. But.
The counsel for House Dems did not do a good job at oral arguments yesterday. But it's worth noting that the arguments made by Trump's lawyers were appalling nonsense that.
Donald Trump's most important lickspittle has taken some time off from doing nothing about a pandemic and once-in-a-century economic crisis to offer some thoughts about civil discourse in American politics: On Friday, President Obama told a private call of his former aides that President Trump...
By William L. Todd (1818-1876) - B/W photo of California Republic's first Bear Flag, Public Domain, Link The California State system has shifted to mostly online education for fall 2020..
While Paul may still prove right -- Roberts has changed his mind before! -- today's oral arguments strongly indicate that the Court intends at a minimum to run out of.