Blink and you’ll miss this libertarian moment
Political years are the opposite of dog years: they pass by in a blaze, with entire epochs elapsing in the…
Good riddance to the metaverse
So pack it all in then. Away with the wisecracking butterfly that sits on your shoulder during work meetings. Out…
The Donald Trump Show’s arrest plot twist just isn’t convincing
When last we checked in on The Donald Trump Show, the absurdist political thriller that’s been airing nonstop on CNN…
The GOP’s new debt ceiling fusionism
Congressional Republicans are gearing up for their four millionth attempt to rein in government spending, and surely this time will…
What’s in a name?
Someone, I think it was Martin Amis, once said that you can judge a novelist by how much effort he…
It’s the end of the Buttigieg world as we know it
Out of Politico last week came news that the global village’s Mayor Pete isn’t happy with the heat he’s been…
Dear God, not this national divorce thing again
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants Americans to get a national divorce, and the only question is who gets custody of Puerto…
Joe Biden got the reception he deserved at his State of the Union speech
At first, it sounded like Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address was going to be another snoozer. Out…
Save American tipping culture
Recently, I ordered a pizza. Since the establishment was only a few blocks away, I decided to pick it up…
The generation war and why millennials are drifting leftward
The war between the generations is on, and the battle lines have been drawn. The baby boomers don’t like the…
Can booze break the gridlock in Congress?
Need a hit on Capitol Hill? Take your pick. Members and staffers alike are addicted to Twitter, where they log…
Dry January is cruel
Allow me to set the scene for you. It is the coldest month of the year and also the darkest.…
The Trump transaction is now over
Donald Trump has struck again. Just as the GOP was finally shifting attention away from its anemic midterms performance, there…
At war with my pearly whites
I am a dental basket case. When I was a child, my orthodontist used to joke that he could drive…
The Republican circular firing squad
The saying used to go that “Democrats fall in love while Republicans fall in line,” though lately Republicans seem mostly…
The Christian nationalism boogeyman
Which of the zillion prophesied crises will engulf America next? At the moment, the most chattered-about is a “second civil…
Why didn’t Democrats pay a price for their extremism?
The modern political pundit is a voice in the wilderness, a self-styled beacon of truth against a pampered and bought-off…
The Pelosi/McCarthy feud at the heart of the midterms
Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy doesn’t like Nancy Pelosi. In this, he’s hardly alone — the list of those…
Eight Democrats we all hope lose this November
It is midterm election season, an important period on our political calendar as it marks that there’s only two years…
Democrats are losing because liberalism has become cruel
Welp, so much for the blue wave. That towering electoral tsunami, which was to deluge the midterm races in a…
How nice it must be to sack incompetent leaders
Liz Truss has resigned after only forty-five days in office, the shortest serving prime minister in British history. She’s long…
These midterms are like a campy Eighties movie
Last week, the Democrats cut an ad accusing Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz of murdering puppies. I know it…
If there’s a horserace in the forest and no one hears it…
Earlier today, I went outside and threw a frisbee at a tree. Then I came back inside and the chyron…
Donald Trump has a point about the Clintons
The year was 2001. George W. Bush had just defeated Al Gore in the infamous hanging-gigachad presidential election from hell.…
The worldwide working-class counterrevolution
Something is happening across the world right now, something that deserves more attention than it’s getting. First, to the Netherlands,…
