Maybe try a little more longform biweekly & weekly stuff. Private eye, LRB, New Statesmen, New Yorker etc. More contemplative journalism. I'd avoid Neil's rag though, can't abide state owned medi… (View Post)

How can you stop fentanyl imports when it takes so little to make so much? Prohibition will not work when a bag of flour could have two million doses*. IMO you have to deal with the addicts and their… (View Post)

I took the train to Norwich a few weeks back, listening to a group of Geordies from Newcastle two rows away. One man who's wife had died a month or so ago was talking about a call from his manager. T… (View Post)

Has she displayed any political ability outside of scripted first lady speeches? Ever even run for election for the DC municipal dog wrangler? It'd be sheer nepotism to put her forwarded as the candi… (View Post)

Its just our primary education pathway can't really deal with the outliers. We predicate most people's life chances on their willingness to consistently sit down and do the set work for ~16 years. (View Post)