What a bizarre month this has been. We’ve had Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) ask if the National Forest Service might change Earth’s orbit around
What June 1950 can teach us about June 2021
In June of 1950, Joe DiMaggio got his 2,000th hit. Guam was designated a United States Territory, and its residents were granted US citizenship. Budge
The Pandemic’s Greatest Hits: Musical Blasts from the Past
As I write, Miley Cyrus’s Party in the U.S.A. is sitting at number 17 on Apple’s iTunes US singles chart. Nothing remarkable, you may
Neera Tanden’s Behavior Actually is That Bad
Bruenig writes “When people say Republican senators are acting in bad faith about the tweets, what are they saying their real position on tweets is? Are liberals who were mad at Trump’s tweets but not Neera’s also doing bad faith? And what is their non-bad-faith position on tweets?
My COVID-19 Vaccination: How it worked in New York State
At 2:30 pm, on Friday, January 29, 2021, I became a COVD-19 statistic. That day, my name was entered into two databases: New York
Ann Wagner: a hypocrite in her own words
I recently took a look at Rep. Ann Wagner’s website to see what she thought of President Trump’s incendiary words at his rally Jan.
The Incoming Biden Team: A Review
Biden’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level nominations and appointments are complete. He didn’t ask me, but I think overall he gets a ‘B+.’ An ‘A’ for
Time to Act: But what are the crucial goals?
A reader asked me to analyze the statutory and constitutional tools that could and should be used to fight Trumpism now that Trumpism has
Goodbye Washington. Hello Courtroom
In an interview with Madrid’s El País newspaper, published on January 10, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, Anne Applebaum didn’t hold back. “The Trump adventure is
The First Amendment and social media: Let’s review
Some thoughts about the (likely) purposeful misuse of the the 1st Amendment freedom of speech in the wake of events like Simon & Shuster