Israel isn’t going to disappear and calling for its liquidation spurs antisemitism. There’s a better way.
Barry Goldwater
Posted inLaw and Justice
Federal Judges Are Worried About the Supreme Court
A confidential survey revealed their concerns about the Supreme Court’s promiscuous use of the shadow docket
Posted inMagazine
Birch of a Nation
How a group of conspiratorial far-right business tycoons in the 1950s and ‘60s helped lay the groundwork for the MAGA movement decades later.
Posted inMagazine
How the Republican Fringe Became the Mainstream
Conspiracy theorists and far-right fanatics have long been present in the GOP. Now, they’re running it.
Posted inBooks
Patrick Leahy’s Long and Winding Road
At 83, the Vermonter is retiring after 48 years in the U.S. Senate, and in his new memoir, he somehow finds hope for the chamber—and the country.
Posted inPolitical Animal
One Democratic Consultant’s Fee: Thirty Pieces of Silver
To quote the renowned Scottish philosopher Gerry Rafferty, I’m trying to make some sense of it all, but I see it makes no sense at all: [Massachusetts] GOP U.S. Senate candidate John Kingston quietly hired Democratic consultant and former Gov. Deval Patrick adviser Ron Bell to woo voters in “urban areas” — even as the […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
Money Changes Everything
In a perfect world, Citizens United would be overturned and American law would embrace the separation of billionaire and state. In an imperfect world, this appears to be the best one can hope for: Boston hedge fund billionaire Seth Klarman lavished more than $7 million on Republican candidates and political committees during the Obama administration, […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
A Sad Way to Go
No one ever wants to speak ill of the dead, but what happens when the dead have spoken ill of themselves? John Coleman, the “Good Morning America” forecasting icon who co-founded The Weather Channel, died [last] Saturday. The 83-year-old Coleman, in his later years, may have become best known for championing skepticism about the human […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
What Would Martin Say to Mia?
That loud sound you heard yesterday was not another false ballistic missile alert, but the noise of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rolling over in his grave as Rep. Mia Love (R-UT) very tepidly criticized Donald Trump on CNN’s State of the Union. Rep. Love had a look of absolute fear on her face, as […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Jones Act: Lessons from Alabama
I was wrong. I didn’t think Doug Jones had a chance in hell. I figured that at the end of the day, the Alabama electorate would give the guy with the (R) next to his name the benefit of the doubt, no matter how corrupt or craven. I figured that too many voters would be […]
