From Prime Time Witness to War Profiteer
Alexander Vindman emerges from his altruism cocoon to give us all a lesson in profitable patriotism.
Chickenhawk Down
Why a coherent anti-war movement has not formed to oppose U.S. involvement in the increasingly unpopular war in Ukraine.
The Hidden Extremes of Buckeye State Classrooms
When educators deceive parents to achieve their goals, many choose to exit the system and reject its ideals so entirely that they become the funhouse mirror version of them.
Bubble, Panic, Recover, and Repeat
An interview with Jonathan Barth, professor of history at Arizona State University, on the history of money and currencies and how to prepare for the worst.
Will Media Incuriosity Kill a Country?
Questions we remember hearing all the time when Trump was in the news are somehow not being asked anymore.
It’s OK When We Do It
A short question, excuse, and answer guide to the Penn Biden Center classified documents controversy, from the same folks who brought you MoveOn.org and “Nothing to see here!”
The Real Biden Unsealed?
The House GOP aims to publicize Joe Biden’s Senate records at the University of Delaware and his records as vice president from the National Archives.
The Race Is On To Be Solyndra on Wheels
Who could have predicted that handing vast sums of money to unproven EV manufacturers could be a bad bet?
Extremism Doesn’t Matter So Long As the Check Clears
If Mark Mellman wants to point fingers at who is responsible for the extremism in the country, he should first look at the mirror and then at the sheet of candidates he's endorsed.
Is This Squad Member’s Office Committing a Federal Crime?
Now reelected to her third term, could Ocasio-Cortez have graduated from the work of advocating on behalf of illegal immigrants to now employing them?
Democratic Majority for . . . What Else? Democrats!
While Israel, Palestine, and indeed the American people always get easy lip service from their self-proclaimed champions, the interests of power and money get concierge treatment.
This Fudd’s a Dud
Democrat Tim Ryan tried every trick in the book to win Ohio’s open Senate seat, including a ridiculous ad about the Second Amendment.
Cloak-and-Ballot Stuff
A new “bipartisan” organization of national security apparatus alumni is backing Democrat candidates ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
Will USA Today have a tomorrow?
It was once the newspaper marketed to the average American reader. Now the weakness of the economy and the print news sector threatens its parent company, sister publications, and many of its rivals.
Josh Shapiro’s Keystone Flops
Pennsylvania’s A.G.’s botched prosecution of prison guards was meant to signal that no one is above the law, but instead showed that he could ruin lives without worrying about the burden of proof.
America’s Last Laugh
Selling an illustrated satire magazine, delivered by mail directly to the reader, in the year 2022.
Two Years After the Passage of the Abraham Accords:
A Conversation
An interview with Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone, one of the diplomatic appointees who helped usher the accords during the Trump Administration.
Rusty’s Sunday Morning Apocalypse Thread
The anti-Trump “Christian nationalist” appeal that the media doesn’t care about, or is too ignorant to understand.
Rolling Stone Sinks
An inept attempt to tar Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters with guilt by association underscores how lame political reporting has become.
Soldiers of Misfortune in Vindman’s Ukraine Bubble
As the U.S. deepens its commitment to the losing effort in the Donbass, two pro-war mouthpieces continue to demand more blood and treasure.