1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (351+ words) President Donald Trump has nominated yet another Fox News pundit for a major position in his administration. He announced Thursday that he's chosen Nicole Saphier as his pick to be surgeon general. Saphier distinguished herself at Fox as one of…...

11+ hour, 33+ min ago  (410+ words) When the first James Comey indictment dropped last September, I called it the single most shameful act in the Department of Justice's history. My singular outrage led me to devote five consecutive Substacks that week to cataloguing the wreckage: the…...

12+ hour, 3+ min ago  (52+ words) I've always been both a small-r republican and an Anglophile, so I looked upon the British monarchy with at least a pinch of smug superiority. The Windsors are revered for nothing more than birth " not talent, nor accomplishments, nor virtue....

4+ day, 15+ min ago  (824+ words) Bryan Stevenson at Montgomery Square, the civil rights monument in Montgomery, Alabama Closed eyes and minds seem to be a requirement for positions of leadership, as though merely acknowledging facts makes you un-American. That's the opposite of the truth. During…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (397+ words) Suspect Cole Tomas Allen after shooting arrest at White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026 I know you want me to Make it Make Sense. Next, cue the conspiracy theories: A troubled Caltech grad takes his spot next to the other…...

4+ day, 58+ min ago  (631+ words) Republicans were in full-on meltdown mode this week after they lost a redistricting ballot measure in Virginia that will axe as many as four GOP lawmakers from their congressional delegation. And the finger-pointing was out in full force, with conservatives…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (138+ words) According to a new Harvard Youth poll, faith in the American government has sunk to a new low of just 15 percent among young Americans aged 18-29. A slim 13 percent think the country is on the right track, however only 33 percent say…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (334+ words) Sometimes, something that seems too absurd to be taken seriously really should be taken seriously. As Paul Krugman argued a couple of days ago, Trump backers" sense of betrayal by Trump may actually explain much of the negative attitude being…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (203+ words) Critics on social media were not buying Lara Trump's pity party for President Donald Trump. They particularly did not care for her claim that Trump would have an easier time of things were he not president. "You cannot be serious....

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (255+ words) Fox Business anchor Maria Bartoromo " who was one of the most fervent participants in Fox's effort to turn Hunter Biden's business interests into a corruption scandal for his father, President Joe Biden " congratulated President Donald Trump's son Eric on air…...