The Feckless Opposition
Leading Democrats say openly that they have no idea what to do. But the path is clear, they’re just unwilling to take it.
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The Kind of World They Are Building
Where does the MAGA agenda take us? Toward a nightmare.
Let Food Stamp Recipients Eat Whatever The Hell They Want
Trying to force the poor—and only the poor—to eat healthily is intrusive and humiliating. If we’re going to restrict junk snacks, we should restrict them for everyone.
We Are Going To Have to Defend Some Very Basic Principles
Elementary civil liberties like free speech will lapse unless they are aggressively defended.
The Consolidation of Oligarchy
The billionaires are marching through the institutions. We must build alternative sources of power that can resist them.
The Party of War Has Two Branches
The Democrats’ foreign policy has been horrifying. The Republican Party’s anti-war posture is a sham. War is not about political parties. It’s the people versus the powerful.
A Tragedy In The Neighborhood
A tribute to the French Quarter, a broken, weird, and wonderful place that exemplifies the best things about America as well as much that is wrong with it.
Matt Yglesias Is Confidently Wrong About Everything
The Biden administration’s favorite centrist pundit produces smug pseudo-analysis that cannot be considered serious thought. He ought to be permanently disregarded.