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Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, February 11, 2023 · 93 comments

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, February 10, 2023 · 7 comments

“Painted Evening”

Pence Subpoenaed by Trump Special Counsel

· Friday, February 10, 2023 · 14 comments

An aggressive but expected move.

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, February 10, 2023 · 76 comments

Thursday Tabs

· Thursday, February 9, 2023 · 16 comments

It’s the least I can do—and the most.

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, February 9, 2023 · 78 comments

LeBron James Becomes NBA’s All-Time Scoring Leader

· Wednesday, February 8, 2023 · 19 comments

What was once impossible, then inevitable, has now happened.

SOTU 2023: Normal vs Crazy

· Wednesday, February 8, 2023 · 52 comments

The state of the union is . . . not good.

Wednesday’s Forum

· Wednesday, February 8, 2023 · 37 comments

Who Does Netflix Think They Are, Anyway?

· Tuesday, February 7, 2023 · 16 comments

Understandable efforts to protect their market share are alienating customers who think they’re doing nothing wrong.

Trial Court Judge Ignores SCOTUS Abortion Ruling

· Tuesday, February 7, 2023 · 46 comments

Supreme Court Clerks and Undergraduate Elitism

· Tuesday, February 7, 2023 · 19 comments

Culling for the primary feeder job in American legal system begins in high school.

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, February 7, 2023 · 45 comments

Monday Morning Tabs

· Monday, February 6, 2023 · 10 comments

Some 2024ish stuff and other tidbits.

Mercedes Culling Coupes and Wagons

· Monday, February 6, 2023 · 14 comments

Stuttgart is catching up with Detroit.

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Why We’re Getting Worse At Construction

· Monday, February 6, 2023 · 22 comments

Affluence comes with a cost.

Turkey-Syria Quake Kills 1300+

· Monday, February 6, 2023 · 13 comments

A natural disaster has compounded a man-made one.

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, February 6, 2023 · 14 comments

The Weakness of US Parties Illustrated Yet Again

· Sunday, February 5, 2023 · 5 comments

The primary calendar debate shows, yet again, that parties don’t fully control candidate selection.

Democrats Upend Primary Cycle. At Least for 2024. Maybe.

· Sunday, February 5, 2023 · 17 comments

South Carolina and Georgia win! Iowa loses! New Hampshire whines!

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, February 5, 2023 · 45 comments

Chinese Balloon Mania

· Saturday, February 4, 2023 · 33 comments

Tales of threat assessment and media reactions.

China Aiding Russia in Ukraine War

· Saturday, February 4, 2023 · 1 comment

The PRC is skirting sanctions to supply a frienemy.

Jupiter Keeps Adding Moons!

· Saturday, February 4, 2023 · 20 comments

The science-education gap.

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, February 4, 2023 · 29 comments

Can Bloggers Be Replaced by AI?

· Friday, February 3, 2023 · 34 comments

You be the judge.

Labor Saving Technology That Creates More Work

· Friday, February 3, 2023 · 11 comments

ChatGPT is just the latest example of a perverse phenomenon.

Good Jobs News

· Friday, February 3, 2023 · 39 comments

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, February 3, 2023 · 5 comments

“Orange Sunset”

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, February 3, 2023 · 55 comments

Make Sanders’ Childhood Great Again

· Thursday, February 2, 2023 · 20 comments

Christine McVie’s Quiet Greatness

· Thursday, February 2, 2023 · 7 comments

A long-form podcast recommendation.

The Electric Mismatch

· Thursday, February 2, 2023 · 48 comments

Cheap, big, fast: pick two.

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, February 2, 2023 · 80 comments

Tom Brady Retiring Again

· Wednesday, February 1, 2023 · 19 comments

The Greatest of All Time is hanging up his cleats a year too late.

Nikki Haley Running for President

· Wednesday, February 1, 2023 · 40 comments

Someone has stepped up to challenge former President Trump.

February First’s Forum

· Wednesday, February 1, 2023 · 79 comments

Trumpy Tabs for Tuesday

· Tuesday, January 31, 2023 · 19 comments

Because I had a lot of open tabs.

OTB at 20

· Tuesday, January 31, 2023 · 41 comments

A look back at two decades of blogging.

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, January 31, 2023 · 39 comments

Ukraine: Too Much Is Not Enough

· Monday, January 30, 2023 · 57 comments

The appetite for more resources approaches infinity.

Monday Morning Tabs and Takes

· Monday, January 30, 2023 · 26 comments

Leftovers from last week and over the weekend.

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, January 30, 2023 · 43 comments

Looking to the 2024 Senate Map

· Sunday, January 29, 2023 · 16 comments

A tough map for the Democrats.

The Paul Pelosi Video

· Sunday, January 29, 2023 · 10 comments

Why was it released to the public?

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, January 29, 2023 · 20 comments

Signs and Portents

· Saturday, January 28, 2023 · 19 comments

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

Right-Wing Musical Chairs on Satellite TV

· Saturday, January 28, 2023 · 18 comments

Weirdly, politicians who don’t understand the debt ceiling also don’t understand other things.

General Preparing for War With China!

· Saturday, January 28, 2023 · 33 comments

Playing two-level games.

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, January 28, 2023 · 27 comments

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