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By Jess Bidgood at The New York Times: About halfway through Thursday night’s presidential debate, the moderators asked former President Donald Trump about Jan. 6. Amid all the focus on
Continue readingFor Trump, the Debate Was Another Chapter in the Rewriting of Jan. 6
Liz Wolfe at Reason: Many have theorized that the fence sitters in this election aren’t really looking to be persuaded—it’s not as if much light will be shed on the
Continue readingPresidential Debate: Will this Election Come Down to the “Double Haters”?
by Spencer Ackerman at Zeteo: There are unforced errors. There are mistakes we can see coming in advance. And then there’s President Joe Biden aggressively pursuing a deal with Saudi
Pranshu Verma in The Washington Post: Saurabh Netravalkar finds it hard to log off Slack. But a few weeks ago, the Oracle software engineer shipped his final code and set an
Continue readingAmerican Cricket Found a Star. He’s a Silicon Valley Tech Worker.
From Project Syndicate: Over the past decade, Ruth Ben-Ghiat has emerged as one of the English-speaking world’s leading experts on, and chroniclers of, authoritarian leaders in the twenty-first century. A
Tim Sommers at 3 Quarks Daily: The website of the Connecticut General Assembly, for some obscure reason, stipulates that “By definition, a republic is a representative form of government that
Continue readingIf We Can Keep it: Is the U.S. a Democracy or a Republic?
by Emily Yoffe at The Free Press: Eithan Haim, 34, is at the beginning of his career as a surgeon. He and his wife are expecting their first child in
Continue readingA Doctor Told the Truth. The Feds Showed Up at His Door.
by Liz Wolfe at Reason: In the roughly week and a half since former president (and presumptive Republican presidential nominee) Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies related to falsifying
Continue readingThe Conviction Effect: National Polls Show Slight Shift Toward Joe Biden
From Smithsonian: Coppery like a penny, thick like bad molasses, even a little gamey like a possum. The white conductor’s blood in her mouth probably didn’t taste good, but it probably
by Richard Farr at 3 Quarks Daily: Historians often ask what led to Trump’s landslide victory back in 2024. All those guilty verdicts in the “PornHush” trial certainly helped —
Continue readingLooking Back on the Second Trump Administration
by Liz Wolfe at Reason: On Monday, Anthony Fauci—formerly the chief medical adviser to the president during the COVID-19 pandemic and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director—testified
Liz Wolfe at Reason: President Joe Biden has proposed a ceasefire plan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not yet on board. The key plank in dispute: how much of