The Fires This Time 0
Farron dissects the GOP ransom note.
I don’t think it’s pushing the envelope to suggest that today’s Republican Party is willing, to paraphrase the Founders, to put faction over nation six days a week and twice on Sundays.
And Now for a Change of Pace 0
Peggy Lee performs “Johnny Guitar.”
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Clearly, if we don’t talk about America’s original sin of chattel slavery, then it must not have happened.
Because that’s the way history works.
Genius at Work 0
PoliticalProf has a couple of thoughts about Donald Trump’s unilateral (that is, in the absence of Congressional action) attempt to impose tariffs on our friends and allies. He notes, among other things, that
Yeah, Right.
Countering Chaos Agents 0
Thom offers some pointers on how to deal with the flood of lies.
The Climate They Are a-Changing 0
And you can see it, if only you will look.
Here, the thermometer hit 79 Fahrenheits on the last day of January.
This is not normal. It’s not even a normal aberration.
A Tune for the Times 0
A short tune about Donald Trump’s reaction to the Washington–I refuse to call it “Reagan”–National Airport crash.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
It does rather take one aback how those “responsible gun owners” just cannot seem to resist the temptation to play with their portable phalluses.
A Legend in His Own Mind 0
Trump: I Have common sense
The Kansas City Star’s Melinda Henneberger: The evidence shows otherwise.
Pastry Passtimes 0
Many years ago, when I worked in a corporate training department, one of company’s police officers (yes, the company had its own police force) was detailed to my department. He was good cop and a good person.
If you wanted to get under his skin, all you had to do was make a crack about cops and doughnuts. He found the stereotype offensive, plus he really did not like doughnuts.
And I’m sure he really wouldn’t like the new spin the Houston police has put on cops doing doughnuts.
