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Why I Changed My Mind About the Shutdown ‘Surrender.’
An Autumn Afternoon in Washington D.C.
What It Actually ‘Feels Like’ in DC.
UPDATED: Trump is openly demanding Greenland; James Fallows has a must read list on that
Pay Attention to What Happened in Newark.
In the Time of the Mad King.
Your Primer on Greenland.
The Powers That Were
From Academia, a ‘Primal Scream.’
Thankful for One Another.
The movement was the idea of two Georgetown professors of history, Jim Millward and Chandra Manning. The goal is simple but massive: to “...
Why I Changed My Mind About the Shutdown ‘Surrender.’
The shutdown already had proven that MAGA intended to increase suffering, disruption, and inconvenience through the shutdown. (Yes, intended:...
An Autumn Afternoon in Washington D.C.
Trump has “specified” $250 million, $300 m, $350 m as the cost to complete the work. He hasn't made a declaration of when this monstrous...
What It Actually ‘Feels Like’ in DC.
One more time, for the record: Any crime is too much crime. And the District, like other American cities, has countless failings, inequalities,...
UPDATED: Trump is openly demanding Greenland; James Fallows has a must read list on that
UPDATE: Monday, Jan 19, 2026 · 7:43:42 PM +00:00 · xaxnar The Secretary General of the European Council has a commentary in the NY Times...
Pay Attention to What Happened in Newark.
This post is a guide to following aviation-mishap news. Some of the events matter much more than others.
In the Time of the Mad King.
Lieutenants like Vought, Miller, Hegseth, Noem are ever more purposefully destructive. They serve a leader ever less tethered to reality.
Your Primer on Greenland.
Here are some quick talking points, when people ask, 'What the hell is this about?'
The Powers That Were
The Powers That Were · —We know we have a problem of leadership pathology. Everything that could be wrong with a human being, is wrong with...
From Academia, a ‘Primal Scream.’
'We speak with one voice…' What is the statement they agreed to? It begins this way, with emphasis added: As leaders of America's colleges,...
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An American journalist who has critiqued Japan’s technological and educational policies in comparison to other nations.