A Threat To Western Civilization

A Threat To Western Civilization

Canada may indeed lose Ice Hockey and the Stanley Cup, too! There are many threats to Western Civilization: inflation, war, TikTok influencers explaining geopolitics. But none, apparently, so grave as a bridge. Yes, a bridge. The latest menace to the Republic is the...
The Banality of Buffoonery

The Banality of Buffoonery

Is Buffoonery Harmless – Ask Howard Lutnick There was a time when American political paranoia required imagination. One needed satellites in orbit, secret cabals in candlelit basements under a pizza parlor, shadowy financiers pulling levers from behind velvet...
Superbowl 60

Superbowl 60

Football, Freedom, and Other Things Republicans Pretend to Understand America gathered last night to watch men in armor chase an oddly shaped ball while commentators explained, with grave seriousness, that this was the purest expression of freedom on Earth. Meanwhile,...
What Just Happened

What Just Happened

Did Texas Just Vote for Democracy (Accidentally)? It is considered poor etiquette in modern American politics to acknowledge reality while it is still unfolding. Therefore, when Texas briefly wandered off script and voted for a Democrat, the proper response was not...
Governance as Performance Art

Governance as Performance Art

Cabinet Fantasies and the ICE Dragnet Good morning! Or rather, good spectacle. The day began as so many now do: Donald Trump before cameras, inside a room recently redecorated to his tastes, congratulating himself for the achievement of having arrived. What was billed...