The Governor’s Gift to Illinois: Highest Unemployment in the Nation

My wife noticed this piece, posted elsewhere by our friend, Megan Baird.  Thanks for the link, Megan!  And heroic work, Governor!...

Trump on Nuclear Weapons: Stunningly, Frighteningly Uninformed

This from physicist Jeremy Bernstein in the NYRB, on Donald Trump’s notions about nuclear weapons.  Yikes! The Trump Bomb Jeremy...

Constitution-Loving Republicans Flout Constitution to Protect their Party Interests

President Obama spoke last week at the U of Chicago Law School (where he used to teach constitutional law) to, among other...

EJ Dionne: Why the Right Went Wrong

Here James Fallows gives us a fascinating interview with EJ Dionne, on the subject of Dionne’s latest book.  The thoughtful...

The Dissolution of the Republican Party, and of What Else?

The Donald is blowing the GOP to pieces.  In a way it’s gratifying to watch – they’ve been playing with...

NYRB: The Koch Brothers’ New Brand

Jane Mayer’s remarkable new book makes it abundantly clear that the Kochs, and the closely connected group of billionaires they’ve...

Readings: Bernie and Hillary, Exploding GOP, Motivated Reasoning

Readings: Bernie and Hillary, Exploding GOP, Motivated Reasoning

My (19-year-old) kid never misses a chance to remind me how Bernie is his guy (and sometimes to throw shade at...

2015 Hottest Year on Record

My current favorite blogger, Jonathan Chait, takes great pleasure in skewering the flailings of climate change denialists like George Will....

Chait: Sorry, Conservatives, Obamacare Is Still Working

Regardless of what the GOP wishes were true, Obamacare is working very well, thank you very much, with fewer Americans...

Readings: Rauner Pain for What?, Dems Debate, Partisan Benghazi Cmte/Dysfunctional GOP, Climate Change, etc

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to post anything new here.  Here’s some of what I’ve been reading: What...