When I was a teenager, I would stay up until 11:30pm (or whenever) to watch Doctor Who on Maryland Public Television. During pledge week, MPT’s tack was basically “pay up if you wanna see
I haven’t blogged much lately. There are plenty of ‘good’ reasons for a partial hiatus. I’ve been revising a book, doing research related to a grant, and trying to finish a few
It’s no fun being right about how Trump’s authoritarian dispositions will play out when his back is against the wall. As Paul Waldman points out, things could get much, much worse. So get
Until a few days ago, not that many people in the international-relations community were paying attention to Dr. Kiron Skinner, the current Director of Policy Planning at the State Department. Skinner
In the New Yorker, Mike Spies investigates how the National Rifle Association has essentially become a money-making scam, in which funds are transferred from the non-profit into a public-relations fir
Not that long ago I found myself in a vigorous debate about whether Trump is “tough on Russia.” Like many of these sorts of discussions, the terms quickly became framed around the differen
“This is What Anti-Christian Bigotry Looks Like,” Abridged & with One or Two Key Changes, Mostly by David French. /begin excerpt The first thing you have to understand about the battle
Hamza Shaban of the Washington Post reports that: When billionaire chief executive Michael Dell was asked on Wednesday whether he would support a proposal put forth by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D