Who also happens to be one of the dumbest people in the country: This seems like one of those Zeno’s paradox thingees unless you know something about American right wing intellectuals.
Author: Paul Campos
A verdict has been reached in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd, and is about to be announced. ETA: I was very pessimistic about all this yesterday, but given the speed of the
I follow European club football only casually, so this post is designed primarily to start a conversation among the more knowledgeable about what seems like a truly fascinating attempt by the Masters
Here’s some interesting data on changes in existing single family home prices since the early 1950s (Note that these data are medians not means, and they are for existing single family homes, i.e., they exclude sales of new single family homes, and of all attached homes — condos, townhomes, etc.) Some general points: (1) Despite […]
To my mind the evidence ought to compel a conviction on the most serious charge Derek Chauvin faces, i.e., second-degree murder conviction, which under Minnesota law consists of “causing the dea
Good news: The United States will likely move to resume Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine this coming week, possibly with restrictions or broader warnings after reports of some very rare bloo
Here’s the kind of question that only the Last Honest Journalists of the Intellectual Substack Web dare to ask: Given that systemic racism in America was eliminated by the civil rights laws enacted in the 1960s, what accounts for numbers like these? Median Household Income of White Households: 2019: $77,494 1967: $7,357 Median Household Income […]
This David Ignatius piece in the WAPO is just bonkers. Ignatius has a lot of connections among the American intelligence agencies, and it’s evident that some of them really want this story out t
Who had his hands up, with no weapon visible. You can take my word for it or you can watch this (NOT RECOMMENDED; I’m sorry I did anyway). A reminder that for the police in other developed natio
One of the more disturbing ways the Internet radicalizes people is by getting sexually frustrated young men to transform their extremely common experience into the endlessly insidious consequence of a global conspiracy to victimize them: A self-described “incel” who is part of an online community of men angry about their lack of sexual opportunities terrorized […]
This guy: Uh, isn’t that, like, the federal government choosing to punish people — hey corporate people are still people! — for simply voicing their political opinions? Isn’t t
This may be the ultimate example of burying the lede: WASHINGTON, APRIL 14 — President Lincoln and wife visited Ford’s Theatre this evening for the purpose of witnessing the performance of ‘The