If Trump’s not indicted because he can’t be, he should be.
To paraphrase Pearl Jam, Robert Mueller spoke in class today. Both today and in his report, Mueller described a vast Russian conspiracy to defeat Hillary Clinton that often intertwined with advisors to President Trump. Today, he spent most of his time telling America that it had a criminal president, but that he could—and would—do nothing […]
No one wants to go to war with Iran. We’re going anyway.
Have you been to Abilene? It’s a small city 150 miles west of Fort Worth, Texas. Jessica Simpson’s from there, and so is quarterback Case Keenum. Vinnie Paul from Pantera too (RIP). It’s probably a lovely place. I don’t know because I’ve never been there. I’m thinking we should go. Do you want to come […]
I don’t think she knows about Second Brexit, Pip: How Theresa May’s war of attrition killed…
Could’ve stopped after “Not Going.” Forty years ago today, Margaret Thatcher ascended to 10 Downing Street, beginning a legendary and iron-fisted rule of a dozen tension-fraught years. No fan of the European Economic Community, Prime Minister Thatcher believed European integration was at odds with her desire to privatize and deregulate government assets. In a 1988 speech, […]
Barr sinister: How to beat a corrupt referee.
William Barr’s empty chair after he blew off a Congressional hearing. Let’s play the Newly-Impeachable Game! Our bachelors are the three appointed and acting attorneys general in the Trump epoch: Attorney General #1 is a slithering, racist demon who lives every day hoping he gets to jail more brown people, and lied to Congress about […]
College is a broken zero-sum game. Elizabeth Warren can fix it.
Hey look! A Justice Department investigation that wasn’t interfered with! “Every year, hundreds of thousands of hard-working, talented students strive for admission to elite schools. As every parent knows, these students work harder and harder every year in a system that appears to grow more and more competitive every year. And that system is a […]
Mr. Trump’s crime code.
“It would be no different if I said, ‘That’s the nicest looking tie I’ve ever seen, isn’t it?’ What are you gonna do, you gonna fight with him? The answer is no, so you say, ‘Yeah, that’s the nicest looking tie I’ve ever seen.’ That’s how he speaks. He doesn’t give you questions. He doesn’t […]
Pawn sacrifice: Justin Fairfax and the case for in-party impeachment.
Looking for a way out. Not finding one. Justin Fairfax is in a heap of trouble. A week ago, I praised him as the gallantly-named paladin that would ride in and save Virginia from the unearthed depredations of Governor Ralph Northam. Now I don’t even know if he’ll survive the weekend as lieutenant governor. What it […]
In politics, the cost of apologizing is astronomical.
Turtlenecks were cool then, right? I re-read my high school and college yearbooks this weekend. There I am with a full shock of hair and a career-prophetic Paul McCartney quote. There were some admittedly dorky things in there, a few surprises, and a bit of romantic awkwardness I wish I could scrub from my brain. But […]
Howard Schultz: The man who would be kingmaker.
Don’t look now, Schultzy, but that mermaid looks really angry with you. “Iowa nice” is a term describing how Iowans always help out a visitor in need. “Minnesota nice” is a similar thing. “Southern hospitality” connotes how the natives of the Deep South will always welcome a stranger, likely with food in hand. Here in Seattle, […]
Trump will always blink.
Even one of the doorknobs was furloughed. I should probably resist this urge to brag, but I can’t. In December, I promised my dad that the partial government shutdown would end in the fourth week of January. The shutdown ended in the fourth week of January. After one compromise proposal to get his border wall […]