Author: Burt Likko
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One Way To Receive Useless Self-Improvement Advice
Online dating: an idea whose time has evidently expired.
Niccoló and the Bully
As I watch the Trump Administration deteriorate into the political equivalent of the Fyre Festival, my thoughts naturally turn to Machiavelli.
That Could Have Been Handled A Little Better
Sean Spicer could benefit from going to a few Toastmasters meetings.
‘Only in Cambridge’: Homes Daubed with Latin Graffiti
An exemplar of the dangers in over-reliance upon Google Translate
A Safer Response to Garland-Gorsuch
A suggestion for a better way to handle the upcoming filibuster of Neil Gorsuch than discarding the consensus-building filibuster rule.
Granting Immunity From Prosecution
So, you want immunity from prosecution, do you? Here’s a helpful guide to how to get it, if you’re, say, a former National Security Advisor.
Ultimatums Usually Work, Except When They Don’t
The countdown to the House of Representative’s effort to “repeal and replace” Obamacare is ticking into its final moments.
Soccer Ball Kitty Demonstrates Her Strength
In which a fourteen-pound cat causes sleep-deprived Burt Likko a week’s worth of trouble.
Helen Rosner — Actually, How Donald Trump Eats His Steak Matters
What does it say about a leader that he always has his steak well-done, slathered in ketchup?
David French — When the Pursuit of Happiness Becomes the Flight from Pain
Happiness is not hedonism, but David French thinks Americans have lost sight of that truth.
Trump’s First Big Defeat In Court
A very quick run-through of the February 9, 2017 decision in State of Washington v. Trump.
Guardian: Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as ‘unreliable’ source
One wonders what this will do to Ordinary Times‘ comment section.
WaPo: The Silencing of Elizabeth Warren and an old Senate Rule Prompted by a Fistfight
It was all too much for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who said Warren had “impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from Alabama.” In an extraordinary move, the Senate voted on party lines to shut her down…
