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NSFW November 15, 2024
> It’s not that Hegseth isn’t qualified for the job November 14, 2024
> “The first one I heard about was Tulsi Gabbard, and my November 14, 2024
Presented Without Comment November 4, 2024
Harrison Ford weighs in - twice November 3, 2024
Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation October 31, 2024
Politics October 30, 2024
> Whose idea was it to present Latter-day Saint voters with beer October 29, 2024
Phoniest candidates ever October 29, 2024
I thought Michelle Obama was intelligent October 29, 2024
What Donald Trump Would Do, in His Own Words October 28, 2024
at 7.52.06 AM October 21, 2024
• David Rothkopf, the host of the podcast Deep State Radio October 18, 2024
Donald Trump himself is “the enemy within October 17, 2024
Chumps October 14, 2024
Flight 93 Election again October 5, 2024
Lawless October 4, 2024
Fat Bear Week postponed after fat bear murdered Fat Bear Week October 4, 2024
I rise to defend my smart phone against the partisans of flip September 29, 2024
> Special Counsel proposes making public more evidence from September 29, 2024
For My Friends, Everything - The Dispatch September 28, 2024
A datapoint or two September 27, 2024
JD Vance Doesn’t Regret His Blood Libel September 17, 2024
The Walter Mitty of Augusto Pinochets September 10, 2024
On abortion, to take a representative issue, Trump looks September 9, 2024
Lauren Boebert rival accuses her of “melting down” at debate September 6, 2024
The Battle Cry of the Gullible September 2, 2024
For the Washington Post, David Ignatius spoke to former September 2, 2024
Mark Twain on lemmings September 2, 2024
Trump as of Labor Day Weekend September 2, 2024
Trump's latest ploy August 29, 2024
Trump toady election crimes August 14, 2024
Shouldn’t we just let natural selection take its course? August 3, 2024
Weird Politics July 30, 2024
> “They say DEI is a good thing then get mad when you call July 28, 2024
Fidel Castro and Justin Bieber rolled into one July 26, 2024
Bob Booker, Whose J.F.K July 26, 2024
Who do we need for President July 22, 2024
MSNBC unfiltered July 20, 2024
“If Trump wins, Biden can still run again in 2028,” - Richard July 20, 2024
In a sensible and sane country, the man I saw on stage at the July 19, 2024
Trump Goes Off Script, Because Of Course He Does July 19, 2024
Convention wrap-up July 19, 2024
Until her daughter was socially transitioned behind her back July 18, 2024
The supposedly “Christian nationalist” GOP features lots of non July 18, 2024
> There’s nothing logical about the idea that being shot by a July 17, 2024
truly dead July 16, 2024
Generally, I don’t think Federal Judges are biased in favor of July 16, 2024
Nothing About the Attempted Assassination Redeems Trump July 16, 2024
Opinion | Republican Convention Best and Worst Moments From July 16, 2024
Be the friction you hope to see in the world July 16, 2024
You can’t make this stuff up July 15, 2024
Genius July 15, 2024
Is Trump really an existential threat? July 13, 2024
Press Conference July 13, 2024
Vindication July 13, 2024
If you put a gun to my head and said “pick one Biden or Trump July 8, 2024
A Dignified Quasi-Exit July 8, 2024
The Courtier Game - by Arnold Kling - In My Tribe July 8, 2024
> Jonathan Chait . argues that “a small group of party leaders July 8, 2024
> I will not cast a ballot for a man who is unfit to be July 8, 2024
Debilitated President July 5, 2024
The Media Knew July 5, 2024
Justices Give Trump Substantial Immunity from Prosecution July 1, 2024
No, quite the opposite June 28, 2024
We are screwed June 28, 2024
What I think about the debate June 28, 2024
They lie to us shamelessly June 26, 2024
“Science” keeps pissing its credibility away June 24, 2024
Jamaal Bowman June 24, 2024
LSO names Kellen Gray new conductor, after year of in-residence June 24, 2024
How Trump Masks His Incoherence June 21, 2024
Weakloins June 20, 2024
Trump seethes when he sees an illegal immigrant June 18, 2024
If Donald Trump has a superpower, it is being so brazen and June 18, 2024
UPDATE CORRECTION June 18, 2024
When does political ignorance cross the line between June 17, 2024
Presented Without Comment June 17, 2024
> West Virginia has the highest rate of opioid overdose deaths June 17, 2024
Why Ukraine should negotiate now (and more non-wishful thinking) June 14, 2024
One bad choice June 14, 2024
Worst Matter of Opinion podcast ever? June 14, 2024
George Kennan, 1987 June 12, 2024
Trump’s a horse of a different color June 12, 2024
Why are any billionairs backing Trump June 11, 2024
If the 2024 election is about order and disorder June 11, 2024
On-the-nose prophecy from election runup 2020 June 10, 2024
Telling a fraction of the story as if it were the whole June 9, 2024
More than 50 former senior intelligence officials have signed on June 8, 2024
We get it, Alex June 7, 2024
All you need to know about our national intelligence folks June 7, 2024
Judged by the company you keep June 7, 2024
Hemingway prophesies QAnon June 7, 2024
RFKJr as spoiler in battleground states June 6, 2024
Donald Trump has been snorting limelight every 15 minutes, 24 June 5, 2024
Will the GOP skip adopting a platform again this year, as in June 5, 2024
My gut tells me that this June 27 debate isn’t going to happen June 5, 2024
As a highly engaged voter, I don’t personally feel that the June 5, 2024
The eternal problem for candidates running against Donald Trump June 5, 2024
Frankly, a vote for Biden in 2024 is a vote for Kamala Harris June 5, 2024
I couldn’t tell the lie June 5, 2024
Hyperbole is the default rhetorical mode in our era June 5, 2024
Lara Trump Denounces Larry Hogan June 5, 2024
Turning DOJ into a “conservative” attack dog June 4, 2024
This time, I think the wolf really is coming June 4, 2024
Morally right June 4, 2024
Would you give me a break with the “locking up political June 3, 2024
Does anyone really believe this? June 3, 2024
As a matter of real life, we all can think of circumstances June 1, 2024
Lately I’ve found that the likelier it becomes that Trump is June 1, 2024
most Republicans whining about Bragg today would be whining just June 1, 2024
> The entire point of Donald Trump’s worldview is to be June 1, 2024
Who are the cretins who think that the party (Democrat or May 30, 2024
One Million United Methodists Exit in One Day - Juicy Ecumenism May 30, 2024
Ready for the National Referendum? May 29, 2024
NDAs May 29, 2024
Learning To Live In a World Where Trump Is Winning May 28, 2024
Nikki Haley will vote for Trump May 28, 2024
Always win-lose, never win-win May 28, 2024
Nikki Haley will vote for Trump May 25, 2024
The best books about technology — Brad East May 24, 2024
AOC vs May 24, 2024
> It’s funny May 24, 2024
Alito's flags May 24, 2024
>Donald Trump has been deformed and deranged for much of his May 24, 2024
On the grifter-right May 23, 2024
I save a lot of outrage and anxiety by staying away from May 23, 2024
Stupid opinions on why a Trump conviction will be reversed May 19, 2024
A list of 45's pre-Presidential accomplisments May 18, 2024
Transing the gay away May 17, 2024
Even for Trump-era Republicans, a cattle call outside a criminal May 17, 2024
Stop and smell the sewage May 16, 2024
As loathsome as the Republican nominee is, American politics May 15, 2024
when your chief means of signalling rebellion against the staid May 15, 2024
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health May 15, 2024
Between his financial problems, his erratic temperament, his May 15, 2024
Sometimes, a reductio ad Hitlerum is a warranted wake-up call April 30, 2024
Why are they saying this where they’re saying it? April 30, 2024
How Age is an Election Issue April 29, 2024
> A consortium of television networks yesterday released a joint April 17, 2024
In case you hadn’t heard, the sentient world is waking up to the April 16, 2024
I just heard the story of a candidate who was furious with his April 16, 2024
* The Church of Trump How He’s Infusing Christianity Into His April 4, 2024
> Open a King James Bible and read Daniel chapter 8 with a April 1, 2024
Consistent Folly April 1, 2024
Trump looting the GOP April 1, 2024
Covering all the bases April 1, 2024
Is this really deep, or is it deeply silly March 30, 2024
> I never listened to Andrew Huberman and know little about him March 29, 2024
RFKJr March 28, 2024
Biden’s Age, Trump’s Vim and Vigor March 28, 2024
Vicarious Indictment March 28, 2024
> Writing for Christianity Today, Russell Moore unpacked how the March 25, 2024
It's the birthday of composer and songwriter Stephen Sondheim March 22, 2024
The State of the Union should be an easy topic for a writer March 9, 2024
Eleventh Circuit Strikes Down Stop W.O.K.E March 6, 2024
Give Trump what he’s asking for, Nikki! March 6, 2024
Southernification of the GOP March 6, 2024
O, Be still my beating heart! March 5, 2024
> t was a perfectly defensible position to hold that Trump March 4, 2024
The war in Ukraine is based on lies March 4, 2024
Our new Master isn’t very bright February 22, 2024
MTF trans lies February 21, 2024
I asked him, once, how he’d felt called to the pro-life movement February 21, 2024
Reproductive rights, gay rights—they’re the new White Man’s February 21, 2024
New study: trans youth not at elevated risk of suicide - UnHerd February 19, 2024
MAGA Menace February 19, 2024
You call that trivial trick a “hunger strike February 16, 2024
People send samples of colorful writing to Frank Bruni, who February 16, 2024
I think I detest Donald Trump as much as the next guy, but February 16, 2024
I'm beginning to comprehend, I think, some of the reasons for February 15, 2024
Of the Evangelicals who attack their fellow-Evangelicals for not February 14, 2024
trying to disqualify Trump through a dubious, convoluted 14th February 14, 2024
A 10-Word Epitaph for Democrats’ Hopes - The Dispatch February 11, 2024
Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt, and assume that Biden February 11, 2024
> "And so, goodbye, Donald J February 11, 2024
I thought “‘Clinton versus Trump’ has God’s judgment written all February 9, 2024
According to Michael Podhorzer, former political director of the February 7, 2024
Trump Doesn’t Threaten Democracy—He Embodies It - WSJ 2 February 5, 2024
Gail We’re in an unnerving amount of accord January 29, 2024
The Caver in Chief - The Dispatch January 27, 2024
Steven Calabresi has overcome my presumption that Donald Trump January 14, 2024
Trump famously said he could shoot someone in Times Square and November 30, 2023
Wisdom from the third world November 15, 2023
Magnificent, scatalogical rant- *Silicon Valley’s worldview is November 15, 2023
Nothing says “banality of evil” like having your enthusiasm for October 12, 2023
> I’m suspicious of the congealing conventional wisdom that October 4, 2023
Ben Kesling details the U. July 10, 2023
If you read me for foreign policy expertise, you’re misguided. July 10, 2023
The MAGA mindset in 22 seconds. July 8, 2023
Could I have been dogmatically wrong about Florida Man? June 23, 2023
I’ve always liked the story with the punchline “What the hell is water? June 19, 2023
Eugene Volokh, Public School Likely May Ban Student from Wearing “There Are Only Two Genders” T-Shirt. June 17, 2023
Lisa Borden is credited with the oft-bumper-stickered aphorism “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention. June 17, 2023
https---intellectualoid.files.wordpress.com-2023-06-collected June 16, 2023
I implore my conservative readers to consider two ideas: June 15, 2023
Gaslit by machinery that calls itself a person :: Writing Slowly June 7, 2023
Gaslit by machinery that calls itself a person :: Writing Slowly June 7, 2023
The Queers Versus The Homosexuals is the probably the best thing I’ve ever read from Andrew Sullivan, a real crie de couer. May 20, 2023
it is because … political discourses … are so detached from the prospect of actual violence that they can afford to be so extreme. May 18, 2023
Middleborough school district is going to get slaughtered in this case. May 18, 2023
Benjamin Schwarz and Christopher Layne, Why Are We In Ukraine? May 18, 2023
Recommended- Firearms Classes Taught Me, and America, a Very May 16, 2023
We’ve acquired, by chance, some cheap entertainment for our cat. May 16, 2023
[W]here CNN went wrong was in the audience it assembled, a generally adoring crowd who laughed heartily at Trump’s jokes, clapped lustily at his insults and thrilled to his every puerile flourish. May 11, 2023
How much mischief can be done by a stochastic parrot if many people believe it’s a god? May 4, 2023
A stress test for the First Amendment March 28, 2023
Boors March 6, 2023
Why not both? March 3, 2023
Not gonna boycott Dilbert February 27, 2023
Why, despite so much, I still read him February 26, 2023
Down the Straussian Rabbit Hole - by Damon Linker February 22, 2023
Distraction February 21, 2023
Kamala Harris isn’t going anywhere February 21, 2023
Fox News 2020 Election Coverage Decisions Demonstrate that Demand for Misinformation is a Bigger Problem than the Supply February 20, 2023
A long-favorite passage February 19, 2023
UBI provocation February 16, 2023
Reason is the slave of the passions February 16, 2023
Abandon marketing tricks February 16, 2023
A very rational, intellectual, masculine idea of God February 15, 2023
Yay! February 15, 2023
Distraction is deliberate February 15, 2023
Wrong question February 13, 2023
Don’t say we weren’t told February 13, 2023
WFYI has ruined WBAA February 13, 2023
Isn’t that George Santos, winning a Golden Globe or something January 15, 2023
I had no idea who Andrew Tate was, that he had a stable of cars, that he pisses off Greta Thunberg, and that he now holds the world record for a self-own. December 30, 2022
Sam Bankman-Dogbert December 21, 2022
The Onus December 5, 2022
The investigations triggered by Commissioner Charges are based on claims by Lucas that by favoring employees seeking abortions and not furnishing comparable benefits to pregnant workers or disabled workers, employers are violating the pregnancy discrimination ban in Title VII or the Americans with Disabilities Act. November 15, 2022
Kevin D. October 4, 2022
What passes for “news” today September 9, 2022
Alan Jacobs’s advice for remaining sane August 11, 2022
This just in: With Russia at war in Ukraine, and Putin’s stench in American nostrils increasing, our 45th POTUS has declared himself an acolyte of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr now. July 28, 2022
the two enemies — Snakes and Ladders July 11, 2022
If you are a conservative curmudgeon, you just might like Dilbert today. June 26, 2022
Can we now agree that clergy sexual abuse is not unequivocally caused by celibacy? May 24, 2022
State Farm Insurance abandons program to airlift coal to Newcastle May 24, 2022
Transparency May 18, 2022
Harrison Bergeron lives! May 17, 2022
Key question for Keystone State Republicans May 17, 2022
Every pro-abortion, anti-Catholic trope collected in a single NYT column. May 15, 2022
Forcing your religion on others? May 10, 2022
A sorely needed perspective: May 9, 2022
It’s no fun to think that Trump might well have been re-elected had not the laptop class suborned perjury from “experts” that the Hunter’s laptop story was Russian disinformation. May 5, 2022
Peggy Noonan, America’s Most Tumultuous Holy Week. April 15, 2022
Nutcases April 6, 2022
The Indiana Attorney General April 6, 2022
Reader capture March 19, 2022
San Francisco contra mundum March 18, 2022
Oops! March 14, 2022
I can relate to Wally today February 28, 2022
Dealing with vehement disagreement February 24, 2022
Downgraded forecast February 4, 2022
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday the Biden administration is no longer using the word “imminent” to describe a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. February 3, 2022
Government work. February 2, 2022
The smear campaign against anyone who dares to question Biden’s commitment to nominate a black woman to SCOTUS would, of course, include Adam Serwer, the Atlantic’s most consistently dishonest and partisan hack. February 2, 2022
That embarrassing moment when the tendentious quote you Tweet-attributed to Voltaire is traced instead to a neo-Nazi in the 1990s. February 2, 2022
Today, I’m thankful for Freudian Slips: February 1, 2022
The irony is that we all—secular or religious people alike—make our biggest life-shaping decisions on faith. January 23, 2022
Have we really reached the point where companies need to apologize for pure coincidences? January 23, 2022
Freudian slip January 7, 2022
Building Our Community - Common Sense January 4, 2022
Is the essence of conspiracy theorizing the tacit denial of Occam’s Razor? December 23, 2021
[Sen. December 21, 2021
Should any Trumpist conspiracy theorist stumble upon this humble blog, be advised that Orange Man has given a green light — and more — to getting vaccinated. December 21, 2021
I can think of no clearer illustration of the iron law of institutions than Donald Trump’s sabotage of the GOP’s election prospects to serve his own ego. December 11, 2021
My favorite mentally ill, card-carrying Marxist Substacker again speaks wisdom: There Are No Refs — nobody cares, work harder November 5, 2021
I try not to keep a scorecard of grudges, but against one public figure I admire, I hold two: Purdue University President and former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. October 31, 2021
“You owe it to someone to enjoy letting me penetrate you” is a very old story. October 28, 2021
I do hope the Democrats listen to [David Shor] even if it means they do better in elections. October 21, 2021
This is apparently real, not paroldy October 21, 2021
Does Auto Insurance Policy Cover Spreading STD When Having Sex in a Car? October 4, 2021
Some Commie on Twitter dissed strawberries. September 29, 2021
When David P. September 29, 2021
Religion Clause: Russia Labels Church of Scientology As “Undesirable” Organization September 28, 2021
Enid Futterman, a local journalist and Bernie Sanders supporter … told me she finds the idea that COVID is caused by 5G cellphone towers more believable than person-to-person transmission. September 24, 2021
Skewing too far toward a left-hemisphere view of the world September 19, 2021
Seekers of religious exemptions to vaccine mandates demonstrate that there is literally no limit to what folly you can “prove” from motivated reasoning recast as “personal bible study. September 11, 2021
POTUS Biden is mightily wroth at SCOTUS and Texas. September 2, 2021
Because the eye has a short shadow or it is hard to see over heads in the crowd? August 27, 2021
Could not help but think of January 6 August 16, 2021
The Savage was silent for a little. August 9, 2021
So, a day after I sketched why I’m cooling on David French, he comes out with both a very solid book review of Andrew Sullivan’s Out on a Limb and a sketches a perceptive parallel between Jordan Peterson and scandal-plagued narcissist Pastor Mark Driscoll: both perceive the lostness of a generation of young men and helped a lot of them get their lives together. August 8, 2021
I’m cooling rapidly on David French. August 7, 2021
Woke decoder August 1, 2021
open letter from a distinguished surgeon — Snakes and Ladders August 1, 2021
My brief chat with PayPal’s bot: July 31, 2021
Doing what culture warriors do — treating one woman’s decision as proof positive that THEY are destroying all that his noble and good about America the Exceptional — the right pounced, dubbing her a “quitter” and a “selfish sociopath” who had “brought shame to the country. July 30, 2021
MADISON, Wis. July 29, 2021
Something really must be done about these Traditional Latin Mass bad Catholics. July 19, 2021
Cyberbullying Insurance Is Here. July 7, 2021
Dear Sam’s Club: July 3, 2021
On a lark, because other business took us out that direction, we decided to have breakfast at IHOP for the first time in decades. July 3, 2021
I’m starting to regret, at least a little, trusting the government that Covid vaccines were safe: June 28, 2021
On August 13, 2015, I predicted in my blog that Donald Trump had a 98 percent chance of winning the presidency based on his persuasion skills. June 6, 2021
Rackets May 26, 2021
They drank the Kool-Aid May 26, 2021
Bitcon May 15, 2021
Trump’s right. May 15, 2021
Of ransomware attacks: May 15, 2021
Liddle Donny May 15, 2021
Whence Covid? May 7, 2021
Return to Normalcy May 7, 2021
GOP publicly besliming itself again May 5, 2021
Bugbears May 3, 2021
Words to live by May 3, 2021
I’m not sure EWTN sees what I see in this swag: May 3, 2021
What could possibly go wrong? May 3, 2021
Do better, Journal & Courier May 3, 2021
All we like sheep April 19, 2021
Tucker Carlson? April 14, 2021
In Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc. March 31, 2021
G. March 31, 2021
Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be adjuncts March 22, 2021
Don’t you dare tell the truth! March 22, 2021
Agreeing with Eric Metaxas February 14, 2021
Mere trivialization February 13, 2021
Preferred pronouns February 13, 2021
Sauce for the gander February 10, 2021
Cultivating Humility February 7, 2021
Two shorts on politics February 6, 2021
Larper loser February 2, 2021
GameStop January 30, 2021
Campaign ad preview January 27, 2021
Too gay to pardon? January 21, 2021
Faustus today January 21, 2021
How History Will Judge Trump January 21, 2021
Josh Hawley explained January 17, 2021
Statesmanship, not politics January 15, 2021
Impeached, twice January 14, 2021
Recently I was talking with a dear friend about how the gift that our particular collegiate experience gave us could be summarized this way: It made it possible for us to disentangle “Christianity” from “stupid American evangelical crap. January 12, 2021
Honor Roll and Jerkwads January 2, 2021
Logical question December 31, 2020
Datapoint December 26, 2020
God’s portrait December 25, 2020
How the press will miss Trump December 25, 2020
My former party continues to apall: December 24, 2020
Shakespeare on Orange Man December 22, 2020
Has it come to this? December 22, 2020
Do not cry, my child December 22, 2020
One cheer for Cancel Culture December 21, 2020
Invincible ignorance by-the-number December 21, 2020
Making a list, checking it twice, Nicholas is coming to town December 21, 2020
Working within the system by flooding it with shit December 19, 2020
Pissy Pettiness from NRO December 18, 2020
Technical Changes required December 17, 2020
Tribal Trust December 16, 2020
Trump dupes have no excuse December 14, 2020
Fleeing the Furious Chipmunk December 12, 2020
Kracken December 12, 2020
Not toadies December 12, 2020
Incorrigible December 12, 2020
Manichean or Humanist December 12, 2020
Lin Wood, hypoxic fabulist December 11, 2020
Whence the “King David” gibberish? December 11, 2020
Batshit crazy December 11, 2020
Lie down with dogs, rise up with fleas November 16, 2020
Occam’s razor November 14, 2020
Compare and contrast November 14, 2020
Republicans living in Orange Man’s Alternate Reality November 12, 2020
ACLU, ADF, Becket Fund November 12, 2020
News from the Idiocracy November 12, 2020
Money saved November 11, 2020
This eats at me November 11, 2020
Abysmal smart person ignorance November 6, 2020
He cannot concede November 6, 2020
Donnie from Queens November 6, 2020
Shy Trump voters? November 4, 2020
Game over October 30, 2020
Notable October 28, 2020
Why JHK will vote for DJT October 26, 2020
How many ways does he dishonor us? October 25, 2020
Secularism in disguise October 24, 2020
Let it be … October 23, 2020
Is Biden too woke? October 23, 2020
Why we vote today October 22, 2020
The Atlantic Endorses Biden October 22, 2020
You wanna talk erasure? October 16, 2020
Does Trump think he’s God? October 11, 2020
Tuesday’s debate October 4, 2020
Ignorance abounds October 3, 2020
Is “religion” meaningful? October 3, 2020
A moral puzzle October 3, 2020
Worth a read October 2, 2020
Caesarship of a fake empire October 2, 2020
Wisdom of Repugnance redux October 2, 2020
the Proud Boys group added comments by President Donald Trump to their logo after he referred to them during the presidential debate … The Proud Boys’ new logo includes the phrase “stand back and stand by. October 1, 2020
Nonsense 200, Reality 58 October 1, 2020
Image 9-28-20 at 9.54 PM September 29, 2020
Why Democrats deserve another SCOTUS seat September 24, 2020
Africa tries to convert the pagans September 22, 2020
Double-standard? September 21, 2020
Some hoaxes are more evil than others September 21, 2020
Coming unhinged September 19, 2020
Delusional September 19, 2020
Excess love September 19, 2020
Following a campaign rally in Minnesota, Mr. September 19, 2020
Be careful what you say insincerely. September 17, 2020
Should We Really Expect Democrats to Promote Democracy Better Than Trump? September 13, 2020
Why was Jessica Krug wrong? September 12, 2020
Delusional News from Fox September 10, 2020
I just don’t get this. September 10, 2020
Do some implied “rights” outweigh explicit constitutional rights? September 7, 2020
Perfect consumers August 31, 2020
Calvinists take note: August 28, 2020
Whatever August 28, 2020
Second-rate banana republic August 28, 2020
A doozy of a pair on the GOP August 26, 2020
How the Election Could Go Seriously Awry August 26, 2020
What’s wrong with this paragraph? August 25, 2020
RNC First-Night wrap-up excerpts August 25, 2020
Has Ellen DeGeneres passed her sell-by date?. August 24, 2020
Bringing it into focus August 24, 2020
Watch what he does, not what he says August 24, 2020
Our hawkish, imperious ways August 22, 2020
This year’s election key(s) August 22, 2020
Well, that should settle it August 22, 2020
AMENDED INDICTMENT August 22, 2020
Not a hoax August 22, 2020
Opine now, repent later August 22, 2020
Conspiracy-fodder August 19, 2020
Fake news. Yeah. Sure. August 16, 2020
Two roads diverged in high school. August 16, 2020
0 for 2 August 14, 2020
How conveeeeeenient! August 13, 2020
Now that’s a thought … August 13, 2020
Trump, our Sadaam, our al-Assad August 11, 2020
Set aside the pretty girl in Daisy Maes with zipper partly down and tummy exposed. August 10, 2020
What is American conservatism (cynical view)? August 9, 2020
The White House feels empty August 7, 2020
Mansplaining Russia August 7, 2020
Never trust a CEO who smokes joints as big as cigars August 5, 2020
Stop “improving” things, please August 4, 2020
Mike Pompeo is a blowhard and a fabulist August 3, 2020
Apocalypse August 2, 2020
Is “Trumpism” even a thing? August 1, 2020
Joseph, the Prophet July 30, 2020
Incubus, Succubus, Covid-19 July 29, 2020
Albert Mohler explains in First Things why he is a Baptist, except for the part where he doesn’t explain it at all, but does pugnaciously dare anyone to try to change him (see the paragraphs that begin “Why am I a Baptist? July 26, 2020
Why I’m leery of “hate crime” laws July 26, 2020
Weird Kool-Aid July 23, 2020
Real Corruption July 23, 2020
Speechless July 23, 2020
Wagging the Dog in Portland (and Chicago, and …) July 22, 2020
Chris Wallace’s interview of President Trump, which aired on Sunday, is well worth watching if you’ve got a strong stomach. July 22, 2020
Josh Hawley continues to strike me as a posturing populist prick, which positions him to be a top Republican contender in 2024. July 22, 2020
St. Patrick’s Breastplate July 20, 2020
Alternate cancel culture definition July 15, 2020
The Roger Stone pardon July 15, 2020
Sorting wreckage of The Flight 93 Election July 15, 2020
Damned-if-you do, damned-if-you-don’t July 14, 2020
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson uploaded several anti-Semitic posts to Instagram last week … New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, who is Jewish, said he has invited Jackson to the Holocaust and African American History museums so the two could educate one another. July 14, 2020
This shambling, incompetent, self-dealing mess of a man is the only thing between us and the government falling into the hands of people who are going to do deep damage to the country. July 13, 2020
A fair point July 12, 2020
Interesting Times highlights July 11, 2020
Trump’s Minus Touch strikes again July 9, 2020
A very flimsy ax to grind July 9, 2020
Religious Americans sometimes fear that intolerant secular progressives will soon try to ruin them for holding traditional views. July 9, 2020
Trump’s speech was aggressive, painting his political opponents in the least charitable light possible, seeking to exacerbate—not bridge—the country’s divisions one day before its 244th birthday. July 6, 2020
President Trump on Thursday morning appeared before reporters in the White House briefing room to rattle off a bunch of numbers — unemployment numbers, stock-market numbers, consumer-confidence numbers. July 3, 2020
While the court fiddles, the culture heals. July 3, 2020
What happens when you pardon and valorize a war criminal? July 3, 2020
Somerville, MA elevates notional family above biological family. July 3, 2020
In the past few months, the Lincoln Project — a PAC with not much funding, as far as PACs go — has successfully established itself as a squatter in Trump’s mental space, thanks to several factors: members each boasting hundreds of thousands of social media followers, rapidly cut ads that respond to current events and a single-minded focus on buying airtime wherever Trump is most likely to be binging cable news that day, whether it’s the D. June 27, 2020
I thought I’d been wrong, calling “sycophants” those who really were “toadies. June 27, 2020
Devin Nunes is such a disgrace and such an abuser of lawsuits that I’d be hard pressed to muster any sympathy if he wrongly lost one. June 27, 2020
Feds sue Stafford County over law blocking Islamic cemetery June 27, 2020
Trump is not wrong … to feel a personal sting in the court’s decision. June 20, 2020
Dear Religious Conservatives: June 19, 2020
The Department of Justice is suing John Bolton—Trump’s former national security adviser—in an attempt to prevent him from publishing his new book describing his time in the White House. June 17, 2020
[L]et’s be clear: The anthem and the flag symbolize the ideal of equality that America stands for, not those who failed to live up to those ideals. June 17, 2020
Our brave truth-tellers make great shows of shaking fists at our parody president, but not one of them will talk honestly about the fear running through their own newsrooms. June 13, 2020
There were no press calls for self-audits after those episodes, just as there won’t be a few weeks from now if Covid–19 cases spike, or a few months from now if Donald Trump wins re-election successfully painting the Democrats as supporters of violent protest who want to abolish police. June 13, 2020
The media in the last four years has devolved into a succession of moral manias. June 13, 2020
One more way, among countless other, that Donald Trump is “part of the problem”: June 12, 2020
‘People who menstruate. June 12, 2020
Woke illiberals to the left of me, Trumpist illiberals to the <alt-right> of me June 12, 2020
How exactly does a narrative coalesce such that “silence is violence” about some forms of suffering but not others, even if the others have greater scope? June 11, 2020
J. June 11, 2020
Ardent Trumpists (“Front Row Joes”) are kinda like DeadHeads: June 11, 2020
The United States of America, after many years of union and peace, after gigantic material and moral development, are separated into two hostile camps. June 10, 2020
The scandal American slavery frustrated efforts of Protestant missionaries to convert Lebanese Christians to Protestant novelties. June 10, 2020
[U]pset that people might be getting the impression he was a physical coward, he set out to prove he is brave. June 10, 2020
Yes. June 9, 2020
Kay Coles James May 29 at 9:01 AM · June 9, 2020
Eugene Volokh, What Would It Mean for President Trump to Declare Antifa a “Domestic Terrorist Organization”? June 7, 2020
Never Use the Military to Trigger the Libs - The French Press On the profound implications of the attack in Lafayette Square. June 5, 2020
Right-wingers treated Covid-19 not like a virus, but like a political construct — and what do you know, when the Floyd killing happened, left-wingers behaved just like the right-wingers they criticized earlier. June 4, 2020
I alerted Trumpistas the other day that some of their pundits were deliberately deceiving them. June 3, 2020
Reciprocity Today June 2, 2020
This unraveling presidency began with the Crybaby-in-Chief banging his spoon on his highchair tray to protest a photograph — a photograph — showing that his inauguration crowd the day before had been smaller than the one four years previous. June 2, 2020
Bret: We knew from the moment Donald Trump won that we were destined for a national crisis like this one. June 2, 2020
I prefer gods that don’t let themselves get crucified—Thor, Narcissus, gods like that. June 2, 2020
An atheist speaks for me here June 2, 2020
Dear Trumpists: Your pundits are consciously lying to you June 2, 2020
Quit living as though modernity were true. June 2, 2020
Donald J. May 31, 2020
David A. May 30, 2020
Truth-seekers lying like mad May 29, 2020
Metaxas beslimes himself again/further May 23, 2020
Best use yet for whatever this genre is May 21, 2020
Deepest distress May 21, 2020
What if Trump isn’t lying? May 20, 2020
Nah, no thanks! May 20, 2020
And today’s winner is … May 20, 2020
“Obamagate” finally defined May 19, 2020
Missing the point May 18, 2020
Curdled milk or arsenic? May 17, 2020
Liberal bias, conservative abdication (and even sabotage) May 15, 2020
Pandemic posturing & performance May 15, 2020
Eric Metaxas bring in a second May 15, 2020
Is this “American Exceptionalism”? May 15, 2020
Things that matter May 15, 2020
Obamagate - no more excuse for feigned confusion May 14, 2020
The Real Victims May 14, 2020
Education on the assembly-line May 14, 2020
Gibberish, or darned close May 13, 2020
Devin Nunes, Secretary of Something May 13, 2020
Newsmakers vs. Reporters May 12, 2020
Dumbstruck May 11, 2020
Embrace the awfulness May 10, 2020
Press fetish May 10, 2020
No pearl-clutching May 9, 2020
The new Adele May 9, 2020
Kunstler miscellany May 9, 2020
The bottom line May 9, 2020
Use your noggin’ May 9, 2020
Getting to know Glenn Greenwald May 8, 2020
What hath Betsy wrought? May 8, 2020
Young and foolish May 7, 2020
There is no “team” in “I.” May 6, 2020
Why the fascination? May 6, 2020
X Æ A-12 Musk May 6, 2020
What’s the point? May 6, 2020
Forecast: partly irenic with a 99% chance of prolonged tweetstorms May 6, 2020
Once I did a good thing May 5, 2020
Trump Count I May 5, 2020
Forecast from now until 11/3: non-stop shitstorms May 5, 2020
Existential threat? May 5, 2020
Pulitzer Prize May 4, 2020
The metafilter May 3, 2020
Fair question April 30, 2020
How much truth is optional? April 27, 2020
Big fat mouth April 26, 2020
Triple nothingburger (with lickspittle sauce) April 25, 2020
He’s not right in his head April 24, 2020
The Challenge Ahead April 23, 2020
Populist incompetence has consequences April 23, 2020
Counterpoint April 23, 2020
The Great Trump Blame Game April 22, 2020
How do you sleep at night? April 21, 2020
A lot of people are saying … April 21, 2020
A guy can dream, can’t he? April 21, 2020
Some evil people want to keep us divided April 20, 2020
Punditry in a nutshell April 19, 2020
Pascha! Christ is risen! April 19, 2020
Would You Care if a White Man Cured Covid-19? April 18, 2020
Appalling April 17, 2020
Leave our swamp alone! April 16, 2020
Game-changer? April 14, 2020
Gotcha #Fail April 14, 2020
An anniversary and a cautionary tale April 12, 2020
Why we can’t have nice things April 12, 2020
Bernie bends Biden April 10, 2020
Scientific ethics … April 10, 2020
What narcissist doesn’t like limelight? April 10, 2020
Serious Social Disease April 10, 2020
Immoralists, faux moralists April 9, 2020
Partisan Judicial Divide? April 8, 2020
Sean Hannity at the Pearly Gates April 7, 2020
Perfection April 7, 2020
Epitaph April 7, 2020
A little perspective, please April 7, 2020
Money still can’t buy you … April 6, 2020
Let’s politicize this crisis bigly April 6, 2020
No big deal April 6, 2020
“Justification” April 4, 2020
Banal Vermeule April 3, 2020
Ideological violence April 3, 2020
Incommensurable April 3, 2020
Mythbuilders April 3, 2020
Virulence April 2, 2020
Vincible, but inexcusible April 2, 2020
Unsurprising news April 2, 2020
Focus on your proper role, Mr. President April 2, 2020
So absurd, only a critical theory intellectual could believe it March 31, 2020
Penitent flagellants March 31, 2020
TBTC? March 30, 2020
No choice March 28, 2020
Giving experts a bad name March 28, 2020
Ack-bassward March 28, 2020
Lethal quid pro quo March 27, 2020
Trump incapable of sacriledge, but not of ploy March 27, 2020
Insurrection March 25, 2020
REDUNDANT IDIOCY March 25, 2020
Mild to Moderate symptoms March 25, 2020
Take his mike away March 22, 2020
Learned today March 22, 2020
Performative recklessness March 22, 2020
The “me” guy meets a “we” crisis March 22, 2020
What we need from our leaders now March 21, 2020
Epidemiological Russian roulette March 20, 2020
Old dog, new trick March 20, 2020
If the press was responsible … March 20, 2020
Is God a Republican after all? March 19, 2020
World To End Tomorrow: Women, Minorities Hardest Hit March 19, 2020
Reflections on the daily coronavirus press conference: March 18, 2020
Catholic Integralists March 18, 2020
In the meantime … March 18, 2020
Plague poetry March 17, 2020
Clint Eastwood’s brilliant analogy March 17, 2020
Categorical compensation March 16, 2020
Sharing the blame for polarization March 16, 2020
Carnival barker outside a blazing tent March 15, 2020
Deja vu March 14, 2020
Clear and present danger March 14, 2020
Shabby March 14, 2020
Ignorant March 14, 2020
Unbelievable March 13, 2020
Blame-shifting #fail March 13, 2020
Outsourced ideology March 13, 2020
A naked-emperor nullity March 13, 2020
No mere math mistake March 12, 2020
A faltering start back from the brink March 12, 2020
History of the Bern March 12, 2020
Trump and his acolytes March 12, 2020
Darwin Awards March 12, 2020
The truth, the whole truth March 10, 2020
The last great act of defiance March 9, 2020
Sunday in Lent March 8, 2020
On not over-reacting March 8, 2020
Damned if you do … March 7, 2020
How Buttigieg almost won March 6, 2020
Politics as usual — i.e., dirty and dishonest March 6, 2020
2020 Dems show 2016 GOP how it’s done March 6, 2020
Where are the calculators, yes, but what about the crap detectors? March 6, 2020
The longings of an exhausted country March 6, 2020
Return to moderation March 6, 2020
The truth hurts March 6, 2020
The Coronavirus Market March 5, 2020
Question for 2020 Trump Voters March 5, 2020
Eventualities and paybacks March 5, 2020
Judgment, not prejudgment March 5, 2020
When he’s good, he’s very, very good March 5, 2020
Islams, Protestantisms March 4, 2020
The future of actual, credible journalism March 3, 2020
Self-discrediting March 3, 2020
Political anti-semitism March 3, 2020
Damaging the rule of law March 3, 2020
Kindred spirit March 3, 2020
Damon Linker’s Presidential Endorsement March 2, 2020
Just plain evil March 2, 2020
Blowhard Bernie March 1, 2020
Election 2020 March 1, 2020
Praying for a real downer February 29, 2020
Bret on Bernie February 29, 2020
Coronavirus White House spin: perverse but telling February 29, 2020
Summarizing the last five years … February 29, 2020
Scariest statistic you’ll read today February 29, 2020
Back-door bandits February 28, 2020
Christianism February 26, 2020
Trump, race-baiter February 26, 2020
Deja vu all over again February 26, 2020
Close, but no cigar February 26, 2020
Pete’s main qualification to be President February 25, 2020
The day the GOP died February 25, 2020
Place your wagers February 25, 2020
Good men increasingly hard to find February 24, 2020
Promoting chaos, not Trump February 24, 2020
Ripe for tyranny February 22, 2020
If Mike Bloomberg’s heart were pure … February 21, 2020
Who Warren fights for February 20, 2020
The worship of relevance February 20, 2020
Yale descends February 19, 2020
“Buttigieg”: rhymes with “bullshit” February 19, 2020
How to drain a swamp February 17, 2020
Unchanged since 2016 February 17, 2020
If I were a malpractice insurer February 17, 2020
Words the world really wouldn’t miss February 16, 2020
The Politics of Shut-Up February 16, 2020
No gaudy chrome and tailfins February 16, 2020
NSFW? February 16, 2020
Ben Shapiro February 16, 2020
Smitten February 15, 2020
The Butterfly Effect in Brooklyn February 15, 2020
Saying nice things about Bloomberg February 15, 2020
The fat lady ain’t singin’ yet February 14, 2020
Trifecta February 14, 2020
Progressive moderation February 13, 2020
L’état, c’est Trump February 13, 2020
I got the blues February 13, 2020
Making America Beautiful Again February 12, 2020
America’s repentance deficit February 12, 2020
Trump’s one consistency February 12, 2020
Crypto AG & Huawei February 11, 2020
Miscellaneous political comments February 11, 2020
Elizabeth’s Baby February 10, 2020
Brand names: Acronym, Shadow, Depends February 10, 2020
Biden & Buttigieg February 9, 2020
Long live Frenchism! February 9, 2020
And then the other shoe dropped … February 8, 2020
Ross Douthat shines, dimly February 8, 2020
The price of preening February 8, 2020
Nice aphorism February 8, 2020
Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! February 7, 2020
Motivated reasoning February 6, 2020
Socially liberal, no balls February 6, 2020
Nostalgia February 5, 2020
Amazon February 5, 2020
The plan to eliminate Trump February 4, 2020
Trump takes Iowa February 4, 2020
What gives Jake Meador hope February 3, 2020
Satanic Pregnancies February 2, 2020
Disconnect January 31, 2020
Anthropology matters January 31, 2020
Pithy Truth January 31, 2020
If wishes were horses January 31, 2020
Faux pas January 31, 2020
The End of “Evangelical” January 31, 2020
Don Lemon is an ignorant bigot January 30, 2020
Trump lies January 29, 2020
Tone-deaf January 29, 2020
Pitch perfect January 29, 2020
Unintended consequences January 28, 2020
Impeachment in 280 characters January 28, 2020
Preposterosity January 28, 2020
Sunday Morning in Pigeon Forge January 28, 2020
Harvard vs. Annapolis January 26, 2020
Pious obituary fail January 26, 2020
With friends like this … January 26, 2020
Mike Pompeo January 26, 2020
A price one must pay January 26, 2020
The Tell January 24, 2020
The NYT Chooses January 22, 2020
Looking in the mirror January 22, 2020
No-drama Dhimmitude January 21, 2020
Yes man January 21, 2020
Oh, please, Ruth! January 21, 2020
Worthwhile political reading. January 20, 2020
Linker delivers January 20, 2020
Gratifying yet worrisome January 20, 2020
Wiley Trump January 18, 2020
The child-care problem nobody’s talking about January 17, 2020
Why people hate the press January 17, 2020
Burgers January 16, 2020
Immanent red herrings January 16, 2020
O tempora! O mores! January 16, 2020
ERA NOW?! January 15, 2020
Totus mundus est vis artium studia converteret lascivitis January 15, 2020
Epistemic humility, 2020 edition January 15, 2020
Intricate malice January 14, 2020
Pseudo-monarchy January 14, 2020
A Hidden Life January 14, 2020
He must really think we’re stupid January 13, 2020
Public Education is propaganda January 12, 2020
Glass houses update January 12, 2020
Prophecy Porn update … January 11, 2020
This is how to do it, Nikki January 11, 2020
WSJ News Exclusive January 11, 2020
Liberty Gained and Power Lost January 10, 2020
Some are guilty, all are complicit January 10, 2020
Sundry thoughts January 10, 2020
Poetic justice January 10, 2020
Trump’s ultimate victory January 10, 2020
War: What is it good for? January 9, 2020
Bullshitters and fact-checkers of the Right January 8, 2020
A gift for the one who “has everything” January 8, 2020
Ready-made Democrat response on Suleimani January 8, 2020
The Dean’s menagerie January 8, 2020
The wages of original sin January 6, 2020
Senseless punditry January 6, 2020
Trump’s optics January 5, 2020
Dancing the Masochism Tango January 4, 2020
This is some kind of milestone January 3, 2020
Disciples of Trump January 3, 2020
Seed planted in 1972 sprouts in 2020 January 2, 2020
Septet pour la fin de la présidence January 2, 2020
Do-nothing Congress does, er, something January 1, 2020
Stolen Valor redux December 31, 2019
Trump’s false flag church shoot-em-up December 31, 2019
What’s in your soundtrack? December 31, 2019
How committed crackpots win December 30, 2019
You can’t make this stuff up December 28, 2019
Will Emma Green develop a stammer … December 28, 2019
Reading the other side’s blueprints December 28, 2019
Reining in rainmakers December 27, 2019
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose December 27, 2019
Pompeo lies December 26, 2019
Don’t waste your breath December 26, 2019
Will Emma Green develop a stammer … December 26, 2019
Bombshell December 26, 2019
Good ole days December 26, 2019
Quid pro quo redux December 26, 2019
Put a cork in it December 23, 2019
The Lord and his vassals December 23, 2019
News that did not surprise me in the least: December 23, 2019
Visceral disgust December 23, 2019
Reading Playboy for the articles December 23, 2019
Trojan horses December 23, 2019
Winning with a stacked deck December 22, 2019
Some strange madness December 22, 2019
Bad omen December 21, 2019
2020 bumper sticker preview December 21, 2019
Intersex and the gender binary December 21, 2019
Heckuva choice December 21, 2019
His rallies are to Trump’s ego as Viagra is to ED. December 21, 2019
Franklin Graham unmasked December 21, 2019
Go home, ET! December 20, 2019
Two impeachment narratives December 19, 2019
My conviction has a name! December 19, 2019
Has Boris the balls to repeal or amend the Gender Recognition Act? December 19, 2019
The “War on Christmas” December 19, 2019
Paradigms and narratives December 19, 2019
Douthat on Comey December 19, 2019
Good question December 18, 2019
PornHub and Doctors’ favorite cigarette December 17, 2019
Siren Song December 17, 2019
Settled science December 17, 2019
Pitching Russiagate December 17, 2019
Belated wisdom December 17, 2019
Ukraine phone call/Congress = Steele Dossier/FBI December 16, 2019
Comforting the comfortable, afflicting the afflicted December 14, 2019
Sad, sad juxtaposition December 14, 2019
Sufficient, but far from exclusive … December 14, 2019
Self-governance, viewed from Manhattan December 14, 2019
A certain level of alienation December 13, 2019
Catch 22 December 13, 2019
Giving the devil his due December 13, 2019
“Homophobe”? December 13, 2019
Others are waking up finally December 12, 2019
Horowitz in a nutshell December 12, 2019
The New York Times Continues to Misreport the Trump Executive Order on Antisemitism December 12, 2019
Adult coloring books December 11, 2019
Trump Derangement Dims Dems’ 2020 Prospects December 11, 2019
Christians and pop culture December 9, 2019
Impeachment December 9, 2019
What is the Democratic Party today? … December 7, 2019
An interesting case for Bernie December 7, 2019
Existential desparation December 6, 2019
Perfect storm December 4, 2019
Made my day December 3, 2019
What happens when a narcissist’s Twitter account gets all our attention December 3, 2019
Democratic Socialists December 3, 2019
Liberals and marriage December 3, 2019
Resist! December 2, 2019
Entropy: it’s the law December 2, 2019
Not coincidentially … December 2, 2019
Invincible depravity December 2, 2019
N.T. Wright on the past and future of Christianity December 2, 2019
History rhymes December 1, 2019
Our conundrum December 1, 2019
Genderfluid Conan December 1, 2019
Cutting down some Christian-nationalist notions December 1, 2019
Corporations, Capitalist Culture December 1, 2019
God’s chosen Presidents December 1, 2019
Thomas More in Grand Rapids November 27, 2019
The problem of “political correctness” November 27, 2019
Disparate faiths November 26, 2019
Atlantic Alliance aggresssion November 26, 2019
Which country is acting Imperially? November 26, 2019
Pearl-clutching on WaPo’s Religion beat November 26, 2019
Our word is not our bond November 26, 2019
A paradox only for those who don’t get religion November 25, 2019
A debate that’s totally beside the point November 24, 2019
Our idiot leaders, local government edition November 24, 2019
Communist China, Corporatist America November 24, 2019
Ukrainianizing MAGA America November 23, 2019
Surreality November 22, 2019
Survival of the unscrupulous November 22, 2019
Performative communication November 22, 2019
Not politics in drag November 21, 2019
Traitors who think they’re martys November 20, 2019
Of progressive reformers November 20, 2019
Rights Talk November 20, 2019
Divisive spirit November 20, 2019
There’s a leering wink in here somewhere November 20, 2019
Punch, counterpunch November 20, 2019
The problem with hysteria November 19, 2019
Blindsided November 18, 2019
Veneration (of icons and of all creation) November 18, 2019
Why Trump Attacked Marie Yovanovitch November 18, 2019
Trump Derangement Syndrom on parade November 17, 2019
This bears repeating November 17, 2019
First Person Pity Party November 17, 2019
Father Stephen demotes morality November 16, 2019
Moderate Republicans November 14, 2019
Tendentious question November 14, 2019
What’s next for the RNC? November 13, 2019
Impeachment — and then the rough beast November 13, 2019
Putting it bluntly November 13, 2019
Let us count the ways November 9, 2019
On not “get[ting] over it” November 8, 2019
Irrational world November 7, 2019
Any criterion in a storm November 7, 2019
Hypocritical friends November 7, 2019
Russian reality check November 6, 2019
Business as usual November 6, 2019
Mayor Pete on Religious (un)Freedom November 5, 2019
Best now to pretend that they just can’t identify the culprits November 4, 2019
Pet Rhino November 4, 2019
… so little time November 2, 2019
Three-for-Three November 2, 2019
Is the witch dying? November 1, 2019
Gonzo … November 1, 2019
With Trump, there will always be a next November 1, 2019
The next phase November 1, 2019
Noonan on Impeachment November 1, 2019
More incoherent than necessary October 31, 2019
Quantum leap October 31, 2019
Sick, depraved October 30, 2019
What it means to be “modern” October 30, 2019
Norms October 30, 2019
Sully’s 2020 prediction October 29, 2019
Kanye The Christian October 29, 2019
The Minus Touch October 29, 2019
Democrats 2020 October 29, 2019
One real Trump business success October 29, 2019
Interesting vignette October 28, 2019
Rethinking Polarization October 28, 2019
Peer pressure October 28, 2019
How does an atheist conservative explain evil? October 28, 2019
Deep State versus Swamp October 28, 2019
Common Cause October 28, 2019
Evolution October 27, 2019
Bad “faith” October 24, 2019
Hold onto your belongings … October 24, 2019
The competitive advantage of the young October 24, 2019
Trust is not an option October 24, 2019
Tattletale October 24, 2019
An Atlantic video of zero interest to me October 24, 2019
Ironic glitch October 24, 2019
Makin’ a statement from my easy chair October 24, 2019
Resist October 24, 2019
Thanks, Donald! You saved me a bundle! October 23, 2019
Not carrying coals to Newcastle October 23, 2019
Contagion October 23, 2019
American Greatness October 22, 2019
Forgettable October 21, 2019
Disgraced, and he knows it October 21, 2019
America the irresistible force October 21, 2019
Sicko Hillary October 21, 2019
Crime’s refuge October 20, 2019
Religiously secular SJWs October 18, 2019
Salt the earth for good measure October 18, 2019
Biden’s got to do better than this October 18, 2019
Cunning Revolutionaries October 17, 2019
Snappy Rejoinder October 17, 2019
Short lists October 17, 2019
Rural Voters’ Pride and the Left’s Prejudice October 17, 2019
Sparring spinmeisters October 17, 2019
Lessons from Judas Maccabeus October 17, 2019
Consequential October 16, 2019
She has a point October 16, 2019
Datapoint October 16, 2019
“Parsimonious” illustrated October 16, 2019
Describing an arc October 16, 2019
Beto, an otherwise unemployable moron October 16, 2019
Theocracy today October 15, 2019
R.I.P. Harold Bloom October 15, 2019
Why populists are popular October 14, 2019
Delusional, vindictive, absurd October 14, 2019
See how you like this October 13, 2019
Red families, Blue families October 12, 2019
Unreality all the way down October 12, 2019
A ride along Chicago’s red line October 11, 2019
NBA’s idea of freedom October 11, 2019
Oh, Tulsi, we hardly knew ye! October 11, 2019
Decorum is not his long suit October 11, 2019
Is Trump above the law? October 11, 2019
Joe Biden: The only conservative running for president October 11, 2019
Troop withdrawal from Syria October 11, 2019
The Title VII debate distilled October 9, 2019
Get some balls, NBA October 9, 2019
The University of Iowa Bozos October 8, 2019
Emotivist par excellence October 8, 2019
Yeah? So what? October 4, 2019
Contemporaneous recollections October 4, 2019
Trump Derangement Syndrome October 4, 2019
Two political pundits for balance October 4, 2019
SCOTUS’ big Title VII case October 4, 2019
Impeaching the leadership class October 4, 2019
Notorious TIB October 3, 2019
The pagan civil war October 2, 2019
Sloppy misconstrual October 1, 2019
What has changed October 1, 2019
Desmond is Disgusting October 1, 2019
The many faces of Trump support October 1, 2019
Anti-Christian bigots hit in the pocketbook. Good. October 1, 2019
The week in doggerel October 1, 2019
Blowing the American spirit of 9/11 September 30, 2019
A greater threat September 28, 2019
Toast September 28, 2019
Just good writing September 28, 2019
Impeachment is inevitable September 27, 2019
Meanwhile, the world goes on September 27, 2019
Good analogy September 26, 2019
Going full Fox in defense of Trump September 26, 2019
Let me rephrase that … September 25, 2019
Vandals in high places September 25, 2019
Retirement: September 24, 2019
The difference between Nixon and Trump September 24, 2019
Toxic, insensitive, entitled September 24, 2019
Just one false note September 24, 2019
Cancel culture September 24, 2019
A thesis I will not dismiss September 24, 2019
From the Department of History September 24, 2019
Energy herbalism September 23, 2019
Stupid presumptions September 22, 2019
What’s beyond the pale? September 22, 2019
Sohrab Ahmari snippets September 22, 2019
From sin through toleration to approval September 21, 2019
Stultifying news September 20, 2019
Evangelical thought September 20, 2019
“Religion” September 20, 2019
Two Corinthians walk into a bar … September 20, 2019
Roy Cohn did the impossible September 20, 2019
Hypothetically speaking … September 20, 2019
A Brief History of the Warren Presidency September 20, 2019
Where’s my Roy Cohn? September 20, 2019
Getting the government you deserve September 20, 2019
Well, yeah. There is that. September 20, 2019
Mike Pence, hypocrite September 20, 2019
Pyromaniacs complicate things September 20, 2019
Worst Bill ever? September 19, 2019
Begging so many questions September 19, 2019
Demonizing Orban September 19, 2019
Dear New York Times … September 17, 2019
Getting rid of Trump? September 15, 2019
Democrat doom September 15, 2019
Putting it in perspective September 14, 2019
Holding Mussolini’s jacket September 14, 2019
Peak fundamentalism September 13, 2019
Joe Biden’s words September 12, 2019
So popular, it’s going into syndication September 12, 2019
We worked for the NOAA. Political appointees can’t overrule scientists. September 12, 2019
Bolton again September 11, 2019
Where’s the center-left? September 11, 2019
Bolton arises September 11, 2019
Molly Ivins, Take Two September 10, 2019
Kindle versus Nook September 10, 2019
Heart of Darkness September 10, 2019
SPLC September 9, 2019
Sworn to uphold their whims September 9, 2019
Fusionism in a nutshell September 6, 2019
Phony September 6, 2019
Keeping up his ministerial credentials September 5, 2019
Exacerbating the Right’s racism problem September 4, 2019
How progressives say “Thoughts’n’Prayers” September 3, 2019
Be angry but sin not September 3, 2019
Serenity in leisure July 5, 2019
Lonely, burnt out May 21, 2019
Election 2020 May 21, 2019
Personal, not manipulative May 21, 2019
Pious obituary fail May 21, 2019
Just askin’ May 21, 2019
World Series impressions May 21, 2019
Not exactly schadenfreude May 21, 2019
Getting from the the frying pan too Google’s fire May 21, 2019