On topic: Were I to bet serious money on this election, I would spend some time looking at the popularity of the candidates below the president on the ballots in the swing states. In 2016, after I wa… (View Post)

On topic, sort of: James Sterling Young's "The Washington Community 1800-1828" describes, among other things, how American political parties evolved in DC. Perhaps the most surprising thing… (View Post)

Even here in the US, we tend to forget Presdient William Howard Taft, because he came between two much more famous presidents, Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. But he once got off a pretty good li… (View Post)

It occurs to me that there is a more pleasant explanation for the milkshake throwing incident. Perhaps Ms. Thomas-Bowen was simply trying to follow Churchill's advice and put milk into a baby. Grante… (View Post)

That piece on COVID isn't an article in the NYT, nor a column, nor an editorial. It's an op-ed, which means the newspaper is not saying we believe this to be true, but we believe this view deserves s… (View Post)