Throughput: Poop Pill Edition
The FDA has approved the first “poop pill” that would transplant bacteria from on person’s digestive system into another.
Category: Feature
Hopeless Presidential Candidates Are Good for Democracy
No presidential candidate should run unopposed in their party’s primaries. Competition is healthy and helps keep candidates prepared for the myriad of issues they may face in the general election.
DeSantis Enters the Race, Promptly Missteps
Ron DeSantis has been the pick of the Republican intelligentsia for some time now. He should be what the GOP wants on paper. But does he work?
Cryptocurrencies, Explained
Cryptocurrencies, Explained: Arboreal mastication of the liminal turophilic angstrom usually results in–your mileage may vary!–platonic lucre
This Time the Debt Limit Fight Scares Me
The debt limit increases tug of war this time seems more disconcerting, with a real possibility that we could end up in a federal default.
On Geopolitical Chivalry
Should the strong protect the weak? The answer to this question says a great deal about the divergence between contemporary European and American attitudes on foreign policy.
Saturday Morning Gaming: I was wrong about Horizon Forbidden West
I no longer think that my buddy was suffering from recency bias when he was telling me that Horizon: Forbidden West is better than the first one
Shake Shack, Suspect Specie, and Sane Stewardship of the State
In which Burt Likko buys and eats a ridiculously expensive burger, considers the merits of creating a ridiculously valuable coin, and contemplates what to do about the ridiculously dangerous spectacle of debt ceiling brinksmanship.
The Time Mike Pence Tried to Make Scottishness Great Again
The following is fiction. As far as we know, the real Mike Pence is not, in fact, the “laddie from Dunedin” or Chieftan of Clan MacPence
POETS Day! Anne Sexton
Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Sexton all spent time in McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital, in Massachusetts.
Montana’s TikTok Ban In Three Minutes or Less
Montana has become the first state in the nation to ban TikTok, the popular but damaging smartphone app. Immediately, I have questions
The Durham Investigation Ends with a Thud
John Durham only brought charges against three individuals and his final report criticizes the FBI but won’t cause any heads to roll.
Oh, It’s A Party All Right
The current Republican Party is the result of consequences of decisions made by the Republican Party, particularly since 2009.
The Republican Party Isn’t A Political Party (Anymore)
The lament for someone in the Republican Party to do something, anything to make Donald Trump go away
Elon Musk Gives In To Censorship
Twitter Files: POLITICAL CENSORSHIP! Erdogan: Help silence my political opponents before the election. Twitter: Oh-kay!
A Reverie on Failure Part 13: Imparting Experience from One Friend to Another Friend
Moreover, reading experts is not so impenetrable for me as for the inexperienced novice, as I remember being.
The Chic-faux-Lay Sandwich
I love replicating fast food at home. It’s like a game. But Chic-fil-A serves waffle fries and mandolins are so fickle.
What’s In a Name?
What’s more fun than some light trolling? This movement needs a motto, and there’s one just begging to be adopted: Make Beijing Peking Again.
About Those ‘Biden Family’ Allegations
The accusations are serious. The Republican talking points veering between Joe Biden as a master criminal and sufferer of dementia is not.
Hemingway Home: Past, Prose, & Polydactyly in Paradise
A visit to the Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West is a perfect encapsulation of the uniquity of the southernmost point in the United States.
