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,...
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...
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...
The Immigrant We Are Asked to Applaud Donald Trump hates immigrants. This is not a controversial statement; it is a brand pillar. It has been chanted, legislated, and televised. It has been used to make signs reading “Mass Deportations Now” and embroider it onto red...
Something To Think About . . . All things being equal—an important phrase, since nothing has been equal since cable Fox news discovered steroids—MAGA voters would never support a candidate accused of the things Donald Trump is accused of. In a simpler century, such...
European leaders, with admirable restraint, have begun to repeat, slowly and clearly, that NATO was designed as a partnership of equals. It has lately been observed in the capitals, courts, and council chambers of Europe that a most extraordinary clarification was... 
