Eschaton

I know that most journalists would defend this Haberman special   as obviously highlighting the absurdity of Trump's obsession with his ...

It is quite reasonable to ask just how long a senator can be absent.

Holiday Monday funday.

 The fun starts again tomorrow.

Often IRL friends ask me why Trump's poll numbers aren't lower. I explain that absent economic catastrophe, it is unlikely any presi...

This is a rhetorical question, of course, but given that the 45 year prime mission of the neocons was to conquer Iran, how did they screw it...

Escalating tit-for-tat is unlikely to lead to a anything good.

Sunday funday

Enjoy

Trump's beliefs about the losses from trade probably aren't entirely an extension of his core business practice, but I suspect they...

With Iraq, "everyone" agreed it was a glorious idea even though nobody could agree on why or what it was supposed to achieve. I su...

Slacker Saturday

Ladies and gentlemen... The weekend.

New innovations in heterodox political economy . President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to prevent the US from trading with many nati...

Oops Behind the paywall, but basically the suits at Fox ordered everyone there to ignore Trump's unhinged July speech about the 2020 ele...

I don’t think I would enjoy being a senator. Also I never tried to get the job .  One morning in June, three paralyzed military veterans in ...

Fantastic Friday

Get happy

Partial list, at least. Here are the 33 Democrats who voted with Republicans to block federal funding to American colleges if they engage in...

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