The other day I didn't want to fuss over dinner. I wanted to do something quick and easy with a flank steak. I threw it in the crockpot with some Tex-Mex-inspired ingredients and hoped it would...
A couple of addenda to this discussion thread. First, there are bound to be many hawt takes about how Clinton's book will CONSUME OXYGEN and be a DISTRACTION from Trump.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="348"] Bernie Sanders 1959 High School Yearbook. By James Madison High School - The Log 1959, Public Domain.[/caption] Here's a nice dive into the data on people.
In a shocking development, a New Jersey politician might be corrupt: The long-awaited corruption trial for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) will kick off this September, and its outcome could have major implications for the balance of power in the United States Senate and for the Republican...
Hillary Clinton is publishing a book about the 2016 campaign. This will inevitably lead to two types of common reactions from journalists, often simultaneously. The first will be confident assertions.
The Virginia GOP would win a lot more state elections if it didn't long to be Alabama and recognized that they have to appeal to northern Virginian voters. I'm sure.
In 1983, three legal scholars published a study showing that, all things being equal, an African-American person who killed a white person was far more likely to receive the death penalty than a white person who killed an African-American person. This study formed the basis of...
Trump's selection as deputy Secretary of Labor is Patrick Pizella, whose previous career included working with Jack Abramoff to turn the Northern Mariana Islands into what corporations would like to.
This is the grave of Jackie McLean. Born in 1931 in Harlem to a jazz family, McLean became one of the premier alto saxophone players of his time. Knowing people.
Reporters and pundits spend a lot of time wondering aloud about what motivates Trump. Is he really racist? What are his core beliefs? Does he have any at all? I really enjoyed this piece in The Baffler because it pretty artfully cuts through all the bullcrap...
Because Republican health care policies are terrible and almost everyone hates them, defending them almost inevitably involves enormous amounts of chutzpah. My favorite line -- used by John Cornyn --.
I know I promised to return to policyblogging - and I will, I have a piece on health care and political ideology half-written - but since people on this blog.