Autumnal Equinox Forum

The Supply Chain is Still Broken

Why products are still hard to find and prices are so high.

Steve Story, 1976-2021

We have good reason to believe that a longtime member of the OTB community has passed.

What’s Kyrsten Sinema’s Game?

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

Wednesday’s Forum

President Joe Biden observes trainers and apprentices at work at the final assembly station during a tour of Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 5 Training Facility, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Lanham, Maryland. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) President Joe Biden observes trainers and apprentices at work at the final assembly station during a tour of Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 5 Training Facility, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Lanham, Maryland. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Selling the ‘Build Back Better’ Plan

The Catch-22 of passing a massive spending bill in an undemocratic system.

Tuesday’s Forum

Manchin’s ‘Strategic Pause’

More machinations from the mischievous mining mouthpiece.

Monday’s Forum

Thoughts on Partisan Cues and Filters

Thoughts on how we think.

Republicans Playing Chicken with Debt Ceiling. Again.

They shall not submit to blackmail!

Sunday’s Forum

Vaccines v. Monoclonal Antibodies

The difference is politics, not reason.

More Deaths than Births in Alabama in 2020

I wonder what the cause was? It sounds pretty serious.

Hunter Pepper, 19, speaks at a Decatur, Ala., city council meeting. (City of Decatur/YouTube) Hunter Pepper, 19, speaks at a Decatur, Ala., city council meeting. (City of Decatur/YouTube)

More Covidiot Schadenfreude

Stop me if you’ve heard this one . . .

US-France Submarine Contretemps

American cheese will henceforth be known as liberté cheese. And not because of the metric system.

Saturday’s Forum

A Photo for Friday

“Contemplation”

Friday’s Forum

Did a US Drone Kill an NGO Worker?

A video that is worth your time.

Milley and Woodward Revisited

A follow-up to yesterday’s analysis.

Thursday’s Forum

Milley’s Soft Coup

While well-intentioned, the Chairman’s actions were illegal and dangerous.

Newsom Easily Survives Recall

The flake beat the weirdo.

New York Plotting Aggressive Gerrymander

The Democratic legislature is likely to set aside the map proposed by the independent commission.

Norm Macdonald, 1959-2021

The SNL comic has died of cancer at 61.

Wednesday’s Forum

Kudos to Dan Quayle

Betcha didn’t expect that headline.

A Thousand Words on Vaccines

Sigh.

A Nuclear Iran is Inevitable

The Islamic Republic is very close to being able to fuel a single weapon.

There is No ‘Manchin Dilemma’

He beats the alternative.

More on ICU Beds in the South

Policy matters.

Tuesday’s Forum

COVID Overwhelming ICU Beds

It’s happening again. This time, it was easily preventable.

Monday’s Forum

Religious Exemptions From Vaccine Mandate

What malarkey is this?

Sunday’s Forum

9/11 at 20

Two decades after a day we’ll not forget.

OTB 2003 Revisited

A blast from the past.

Our Victory in Iraq

The wonders of hindsight.

9/11 20th Forum

A Photo for Friday

“Manhattan”

Where Are the White House Photos?

A departure from the Internet-era tradition.

President Joe Biden, joined by Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky and Merck CEO Ken Frazier, delivers remarks on COVID-19 vaccine production Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) President Joe Biden, joined by Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky and Merck CEO Ken Frazier, delivers remarks on COVID-19 vaccine production Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Biden Orders Feds, Firms to Vaccinate

The President has lost his patience with the unvaccinated.

Friday’s Forum

Keeping the Voter Fraud Flames Burning

This time in the CA recall.

The 1% are Paying Slightly Less Tax Than They Owe!

An interesting but rather misleading report from a Biden Treasury official.

Thursday’s Forum

Wednesday’s Forum