NATO’s Role in Setting Ukraine War Peace Conditions

Western powers may be at odds with the people doing the fighting and dying.

Removing Russia from UN Security Council

It would be fitting but, alas, won’t happen.

Democratic Backsliding and the American Right

The only way to save our freedom is to destroy it.

Biden Pleads for Regime Change in Russia

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

A Key Aspect of the Ginni Thomas Story

Beyond who her spouse is, the texts to Meadows reveal a deeply concerning situation.

More on the Bioweapons Claim

The BBC checks the facts.

The Propagandists Among Us

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

Is Putin “Irrational”?

Addressing an analytical pet peeve (and, more importantly, correcting a mistake).

West Accelerates Pressure on Russia

NATO has stepped up in a pleasantly surprising way to resist the Ukraine invasion.

Russia Really Invades Ukraine

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

Russian ‘False Flag’ to Justify Ukraine Invasion

Western intelligence agencies continue to predict an invasion under absurd pretexts.

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Secrecy and Democracy

How do we know when our government is telling us the truth?

The Children Must Be Protected!

But from what? Comparing two stories from Tennessee that show our society’s contradictory impulses when it comes to “protecting the children.”

Game of Chicken Kiev

The United States and its NATO allies are in a dangerous standoff.

Republicans Take Over Virginia

Elections have consequences: Old Dominion Edition

January 6th Yeah But-ism

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

Nobody Watches Cable News

A media critic argues we pay outsized attention to the goings-on at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.

Is Autocracy Really Winning?

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

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Trump, the GOP, and Stochastic Terrorism

A conversation in two parts.

Red Lights on the Dashboard

Some recent news items that add to concern about American democracy.

Quick Hits

Tab clearing time.

The Ivies=NK?

Or, you know, not.

Sinema’s Misunderstanding of the Senate (and of Basic Politics)

The post really isn’t about Sinema as much as it about a theory of poltiics.

United States Less Democratic Than it Used to Be

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

Atlanta Shooting Not a Hate Crime?

The U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative beg to differ.

Stop Blaming the Framers for Everything

America’s institutions are undemocratic but only some of them are a product of the Constitution.

Lou Dobbs Canceled

Fox Business has abruptly sidelined its most popular host.

1776 Report ‘Plagiarized’?

Large chunks of a hackish report were lifted from previous works of Commission members.

Radicalism and Internet Culture

Does online performance logically devolve into rage and violence?

More Kook Than Coup

A shameful farce continues to unfold.

It was Intimidation

More on a dangerous and disturbing incident in Texas

Trump Yahoos Swarm Biden Bus in Texas

Just when you thought the 2020 campaign couldn’t go any lower.

UPS ate my Propaganda

The ongoing pathetic attempt to create a scandal around Hunter Biden.

NY Post Agitprop

Rudy Giuliani and a hack tabloid are trying to revive the Burisma story.

What’s a Republic?

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

Truly Disturbing

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

Justice Department Prosecuting Russian Interference

A pleasant surprise.

A Lame Defense (Really, a Self Own)

Trump basically confirmed all but one aspect of the Atlantic story.

Trump Bans ‘Critical Race Theory’ in Federal Training

As Election Day draws closer, the President is doubling down on stoking racial resentment.

Deutschland siegt an allen fronten! Deutschland siegt an allen fronten!

The Abyss Stares Back

The Republican Party is now the mirror image of the totalitarian propagandists it used to hate.

Foreign Interference in the 2020 Elections

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

Conspiracy Theories Are Not Funny

Conspiracy theories are poisoning the United States. That’s no joke.

Fascism Is A Nationalist Aesthetic Movement

Fascism is less about real politics, which is what makes it terrifying.

Trump’s Mount Rushmore Diatribe

The President is desperate and unwell and the press is making no bones about it.

‘COVID Parties’ are Bullshit

Some incredibly thin reporting about a story that is almost certainly made up.

Mark Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion

An ad boycott has the Facebook co-founder down to his last $82.3 billion.

Trump Targets Social Networks

The President has been Twitter on their own platform. Now, he’s following through.

President Donald J. Trump participates in a FOX News Channel virtual town hall entitled America Together: Returning to Work, with co-moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum live from the Lincoln Memorial Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) President Donald J. Trump participates in a FOX News Channel virtual town hall entitled America Together: Returning to Work, with co-moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum live from the Lincoln Memorial Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

There is No Plan

A sober assessment of President Trump’s plan to get the country running again.

Bernie Sanders’ Soviet Sister City

There’s nothing to see here, folks.