The USAID Fight Is About Power, Not Spending
If you’re a constitutionalist, you should be very nervous. If you’re a Trump supporter, maybe the alligator will eat you last.
Category: Feature
Off With Their (Over)heads: Trump Administration at War with Public Health
This is an Administration at war with public health and medical research.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Thunder Road Vendetta!
It’s a fun game that rewards ruthless aggression and everybody will have a hoot when the chain reactions start.
POETS Day! John Keats at Last, Apparently
Young and tragic opens doors. Today he’s considered one of the greatest poets in the English language.
US Presidents as Dogs
No, not as in some of the President of the United States’s personal behaviors, but comparing the leaders of America with breeds of dogs
Spaghetti on the Wall: Tariffs and Free Trade
For those who want to take on Leviathan and raise hell about any and every thumb messing with and fouling up measurements, Godspeed.
Keynesian Beauty Contests, Schelling Points, and the Omnicause
Guys, It’s Time For Some Game Theory
Welcome to the Quagmire
As is his habit, Trump is thinking like an autocrat rather than the leader of a democratic republic. We’ll see how far it gets him.
The 97th Oscars’ Best Picture Race: As Wide Open As It Gets
Breaking down all ten nominees; where I think their chances stand on Oscar night, along with some personal observations on their potential legacy
More than Empty Suits with A Good-looking Face Selling Hope
A choice to be wiser with our words is a matter of national public health. Our toxic politics go out into the world and return back home.
POETS Day! A Few Poems by Kingsley Amis as Pretense to Discuss One of His Novels
All the references to Welsh habit, Welsh ways, all the references to Wales and Welshness.
Terror On The Potomac: The DCA Collision
What I can tell you with certainty is that the crash does not fit the hot takes by partisans on either side.
Fannie Farmer, Mickey Mouse, and the Virtues of Cheating
It’s important to know that running on automatic, acting without thought is something we are capable of.
Trump’s Unforced Error
I said that Trump would overreach, but even I didn’t imagine how quickly he would do so.
SCOTUS Grants Reprieve to ‘Slut Shamed’ Woman on Oklahoma’s Death Row
The legitimate, relevant evidence against Brenda Andrew is strong without having to resort to draping a scarlet letter around her neck.
The Colombia Gambit
It’s only been a week and this cadre of fools is already confirming what we knew: that they are massively unfit for office.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Menace from the Deep
With slowly dawning horror, I realized that Menace from the Deep was a pretty good Slay the Spire clone.
POETS Day! Poems Found While Reading an Essay by Anthony Hecht
I found “Beauty Extoll’d” as an alternate title so I put it in brackets, but Hecht says “Gaze Not on Swans,” and Hecht is Anthony Hecht.
Trump Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Lawlessness
Donald Trump is already making the same mistake that Biden made in assuming that a narrow win means a mandate for a far-right wish list.
Lady McBiden, Pelosi First of Her Name, and the Struggles of American Royalty
Inflated sense of importance is rife among our social, political and economic so-called betters and the press is happy to play along.
