Tuesday’s Forum

Rural Hospitals Not Offering Obstetric Care

A growing trend has healthcare professionals and communities concerned.

GOP Candidates Must Sign Loyalty Pledge

A no-brainer that’s brainless.

Monday’s Forum

Self Promotion: An Interview On Becoming Trauma Informed

A brief primer on trauma and a link to an interview and paper on being trauma informed

Dilbert Canceled

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

Sunday’s Forum

Weak Parties, Part Gazillion

“The GOP” is not a singular unit.

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The Value Of Cultivating Some Self Doubt

Tips for how to check yourself before you wreck yourself.

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NATO Sending Mixed Signals to Ukraine and Russia

Alliance leaders have significantly different priorities regarding the conflict.

One App to Control Them All?

I somehow missed Google’s launch of a service that solves the biggest annoyance of streaming.

Saturday’s Forum

Friday Fiddly Bits

A true hodge-podge.

A Photo for Friday

“Lone”

Friday’s Forum

Most of the World Doesn’t Care About Ukraine

Many in the Global South see the war very differently than we in the West.

Thursday’s Forum

Trump Grand Jury Recommended ‘Multiple Indictments’

The jury forewoman is offering hints.

Seattle Bans Caste Discrimination

A seemingly benign but controversial gesture.

Midweek Tabs

Wednesday’s Forum

Risk, Reward, and Statecraft

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

Tuesday’s Forum

Russia-Ukraine War at One Year

Putin is losing but no one is winning.

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Monday Morning Tabs

A true hodgepodge to start the week.

On the Number of Parties 4: The Oddity of Two, Part 3 (Thinking About Just Two)

A post about thinking in a comparative way.

Roald Dahl Books Bowdlerized

A team of “sensitivity readers” has taken the bad thoughts out of some beloved children’s literature.

Jimmy Carter Enters Hospice

The 39th President is not well.

Sunday’s Forum

The GOP’s MTG Reality

Setting the tone.

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Biden May Have a Primary Challenger

One of his 2020 primary opponents is tanned, rested, and ready.

Harvard Extension Fraud

How dare people who paid for a cut-rate degree claim they paid for the good one?

Saturday’s Forum

Fox Hosts Knew Election Claims Were B.S.

They went all-in on the Big Lie and we now have the receipts that they knew what they were doing.

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“B&W Sunset”

Friday’s Forum

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“White Trash” Continued

Because I actually think its important.

Raquel Welch, 1940-2023

A Hollywood star is gone at 82.

Thursday’s Forum

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Banning Junk Fees

Some of these things are not like the other.

Ivy Ressentiment

Old men still bitter about where they went to college.

Wednesday’s Forum

Maybe Calling People “White Trash” is Unnecessary?

Carville, MTG, and hierarchy in America.

DeSantis: The Next Teddy Kennedy?

Looking for historical analogs and looking at some numbers.

US Tells Citizens to Leave Russia (Again)

And this time, we mean it.

What the Hell Are We Shooting Out of the Sky?

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.