I spent an hour reading the extremely long interview [gift link] the NYT published with Tucker Carlson a couple of days ago, and I have a lot of thoughts about it. Let me lay down a marker here: Eleven years ago, I wrote a post about...
This is the grave of Elisha Bartlett. Born in 1804 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Bartlett was well enough to get a good education, including at New York schools. He grew.
I told you not to bet on any of the horses I suggested... your bad if you lost your shirt. In any case, congrats to Golden Tempo and his trainer,.
Rudy Giuliani would seem to be about to descend to the 19th hole in the ground, and the president has a heartfelt tribute: Rudy Giuliani did absolutely everything he could for Donald Trump, destroyed his reputation for him, only to be discarded and abandoned, and now...
Remember when Times opinion editor Patrick Healy -- the very same one who drove Krugman away from the paper for being too anti-Trump for his tastes -- convened an emergency.
This essay from the Texas Monthly looks at how the Texas Republican party has undergone cumulative radicalization for a full generation now, ever since the Bush machine successfully destroyed the.
This is the grave of Anson Burlingame. Born in 1823 in New Berlin, New York, Burlingame mostly grew up in Ohio and then Michigan, as his parents moved west. He was a good student and the family had some money. He went to the University of...
Louisiana Republicans abolished a local office to prevent an exonerated man they had sought to keep imprisoned from taking office: Louisiana Republicans have eliminated an elected position days before an.
Happy Derby Day to all who celebrate! It would be unwise to take the advice of anyone at LGM regarding any investment, even to the extent of $6 on an.
Trump has enough political instincts not to push Congress to try for a national abortion ban, but legislation isn't how Republicans prefer to proceed in any case: On Friday, the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocked a Food and Drug Administration rule...
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had a May Day talk in Barre, Vermont, which was of course last night. The people who put this on in the.
Donald Trump’s war against Iran continues with no letup in sight. John Roberts’s war against a truly free America continues, with aid and comfort from his MAGA buddies on the.