Month: January 2021
This is a hard pass: Ten Republican senators wrote to President Biden on Sunday, outlining a framework for coronavirus relief legislation and pushing for Mr. Biden to compromise. The letter came
General Motors has seen the writing on the wall and for the first time since it introduced yearly models a century ago is actually ahead of the curve on the future of the auto industry. Those large fo
How it started: If Trump wins, he’ll be held more or less in check by the House and Senate because that’s the way our system of government is set up. Not even Republicans are eager to follow Trump
Among the many things Donald Trump and his evil minions left hopelessly broken is the Bureau of Land Management. The plan: close most of the jobs in Washington and force workers to either quit or move
Part of Highway 1 just slid into the ocean: A portion of Highway 1 near Big Sur, Calif., collapsed this week and fell into the Pacific Ocean after heavy rains caused a “debris flow” of trees, boul
In a midwestern counterpart to troofers blocking vaccinations at Dodger Stadium, substantial numbers of Michigan restaurants are outright defying closure orders: It’s a Monday morning and the Su
What the hell is wrong with these people? Dodger Stadium’s mass COVID-19 vaccination site was shut down Saturday afternoon as dozens of protesters gathered at the entrance, stalling hundreds of moto
A few days ago I was watching the Coen Brothers’ version of True Grit, as part of preparation for the podcast that Loomis, Charles Dainoff, and I recorded on the 50 Greatest Westerns of all time
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,261
- Cancel culture, the reality
- Pay No Attention to the Man Who Keeps Yelling From Behind the Curtain
- And it’s a long day livin’ up your own ass
- Drugs and moral panics
- The JCPOA Is Dead
- Dark Brandon gives the corpse of David Broder a sad
- Ways and Means committee likely to release Trump’s midterms
- Tax Prison Labor
- Deadly Politics