Elon is offering us a raw deal with X
Elon Musk, the owner of X — once known as Twitter, may she rest in peace — is making Americans…
Gender self-ID and the challenge for America’s children
America’s Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wisely advised this week that thirteen years of age is too young for kids to…
So much for Biden’s ‘return to normalcy’
It was supposed to be so different. Sturdy old Scranton Joe Biden at the helm. Honesty, decency, unity. What a…
How have our politicians gotten so bad at lying?
It’s been a bumpy month or so for newly elected Congressman George Santos, if that is his real name. Shortly…
Matt Gaetz is making Trump look like a fool
In the Quaker denomination, they have a term: “bloody-minded objector.” Because the Society of Friends requires consensus on all matters…
How New Yorkers took over the Democratic Party
Start spreading the news. As party leadership for the upcoming 118th Congress shapes up, we now know that Democrats will…
What Trump’s dinner with antisemites tells us about 2024
Well, it was quite a Thanksgiving week at Mar-a-Lago. For those just waking from their food comas, the Cliff Notes…
How Formula One took America by storm
Even for Texas the scale of the Austin Grand Prix is overwhelming. The Circuit of the Americas, as the track is…
Dumping Trump could backfire for the Republicans
The walls are closing in on Donald Trump. Again. But this time it’s different. Again. In the wake of the…
Jumpy conservative media are playing into Trump’s hands
The walls are closing in on Donald Trump. Again. But this time it’s different. Again. In the wake of the…
Another blue day for red New Yorkers
Lee Zeldin’s fairytale run for governor of New York fell short on Tuesday as he lost by roughly five points…
We should be better than Paul Pelosi conspiracy theories
Always give it three days. This is a golden rule of journalism that requires reporters and commentators to wait when…
A Republican takes the lead in… New York?
After two weeks of tightening polls in the race for governor of New York, a survey released Friday showed a…
The culture war over the Middle Ages
There is a war afoot, here in late civilization, over the meaning and legacy of the Middle Ages. Two distinct…
