The Great White Hope
Like a lot of people, I breathed a sigh of relief when Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Heading...
The Tragedy of Chris Hayes
The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack.
This recent episode of Chris Hayes’s podcast Why Is This Happening?, which I recommend in general, offers a...
No Place for Sissies
Old age, said Bette Davis, is no place for sissies. Neither, she might have added, is the Hudson Valley in winter. “I Like it...
Disinformation Dilemma: The U.S. Has Dirty Hands, Too
It’s no secret that the Biden administration has made fighting online disinformation a major priority. On Wednesday, it announced sweeping measures to secure the 2024 election from...
Does Jesus Hate the Johnson Amendment?
A group representing right-wing preachers is trying to bring about a merger of church and state with a new lawsuit. This is incredibly dangerous....