Author: Burt Likko
Veepstakes Fundraiser
In which Burt Likko attempts to solve two problems at once: raising money to keep the bills paid around here, and tapping the brilliant minds here to address the most important questions left in the 2016 Presidential primary season.
Trump Channels Jackson, Gets Tepid Applause From Nixonians. Sad!
Burt Likko reacts to Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech, 140 characters at a time.
Two Hamiltons For A Tubman
Maybe it wasn’t the biggest surprise to come out of the Treasury Department since FDR approved 3.2% beer during Prohibition, but Burt Likko welcomes today’s news about the government’s decision to shift the granting of high honors from one historical figure to another anyway.
Nate Silver: A State-By-State Roadmap For The Rest Of The Republican Primary
Nate Silver describes Trump’s path from here to nomination, state by state.
Ohio: The Fulcrum
Imagine a world where the leadership of the free world rests in the hands of one man from Ohio.
A man named… Rob Portman.
The Big Case Drops Early
No Scalia? No problem! When all eight of the surviving SCOTUS Justices agree on the result, we’re sure to get a nice, clear, definite rule of law… right?
Ken Womble — The Pandora’s Box Of Jury Nullification
Not my principal concern about jury nullification but a good point nonetheless.
Ordinary Times Wants You!
What we are.
What we aren’t.
What we can become.
What you can do to make it happen.
Elie Mystal: I, For One, Welcome Our New Toilet Overlords — ATL
New York City abolishes one of the last vestiges of the “separate but equal” rule.
