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Lawyer, writer, international bon vivant
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
My battered Penguin paperback of “The Red and the Black” tips it’s hat to the Jeffery Epstein story
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
My battered Penguin paperback of “The Red and the Black” tips it’s hat to the Jeffery Epstein story
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Your regular reminder that fewer than a minyan of Republicans could end 90% of the fascism tonight, by caucusing with Democrats & giving them control of both chambers of Congress. Yes, we're looking at you, you absolute oath-violating cowards:
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"We need three more seats to take back the majority. And in our map, we’re on offense in thirty-nine." lnk.thebulwark.com/4qhRagQ
The Dem House Campaign Chief Outlines Her Case for the Midterms
DCCC chair Suzan DelBene on the search for candidates who click with their communities.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Your regular reminder that fewer than a minyan of Republicans could end 90% of the fascism tonight, by caucusing with Democrats & giving them control of both chambers of Congress. Yes, we're looking at you, you absolute oath-violating cowards:
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Man, the Dalton Academy is straight out of the X-Men
January 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Man, the Dalton Academy is straight out of the X-Men
This Bills/Browns game feels like the most generic NFL game imaginable
December 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This Bills/Browns game feels like the most generic NFL game imaginable
Elise Stefanik has has learned a hard lesson: Trump always disappoints. Stormy Daniels could have told her
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Elise Stefanik has has learned a hard lesson: Trump always disappoints. Stormy Daniels could have told her
Here is how stupid I think David Brooks is: I believe that he is the single person in the world who knew Jeffery Epstein and didn't know the guy was a pimp and a child molester.
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Here is how stupid I think David Brooks is: I believe that he is the single person in the world who knew Jeffery Epstein and didn't know the guy was a pimp and a child molester.
Two of Buffalo’s leading cultural institutions- the Albright-Knox and the Sabres- are now being run by Finns
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Two of Buffalo’s leading cultural institutions- the Albright-Knox and the Sabres- are now being run by Finns
Do I think Barry Bonds should be in the HOF? Sure. But Roger Clemens? Fuck that guy
December 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Do I think Barry Bonds should be in the HOF? Sure. But Roger Clemens? Fuck that guy
The little maple leaf on the Jays’ logo really cheers me up
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The little maple leaf on the Jays’ logo really cheers me up
Saying, as Tyler Kepner does in today’s NYT, that Don Mattingly, “was probably the best player in baseball in the mid-eighties,” is hilariously wrong. He was a joy to watch, for sure, but he might not have been the best player on the Yankee
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Saying, as Tyler Kepner does in today’s NYT, that Don Mattingly, “was probably the best player in baseball in the mid-eighties,” is hilariously wrong. He was a joy to watch, for sure, but he might not have been the best player on the Yankee
According to the NYT the “buzziest” nominee for a National Book Award is a Danish remake of a 1993 Bill Murray movie
October 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
According to the NYT the “buzziest” nominee for a National Book Award is a Danish remake of a 1993 Bill Murray movie
A lot of people think Donald Trump cares only about himself, and that everything he does is purely transactional, but I think awarding disbarred scumbag lawyer Rudy Guiliani the nation’s highest civilian honor tells us that Trump is really far more compassionate than we give him credit for
September 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A lot of people think Donald Trump cares only about himself, and that everything he does is purely transactional, but I think awarding disbarred scumbag lawyer Rudy Guiliani the nation’s highest civilian honor tells us that Trump is really far more compassionate than we give him credit for
mma Peel > Laura Petrie
August 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
mma Peel > Laura Petrie
Stagflation
August 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Stagflation
If Epstein really intended his 2007 plea agreement to imunize Ghislaine Maxwell he had a shred more class than I could have ever imagined.
July 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If Epstein really intended his 2007 plea agreement to imunize Ghislaine Maxwell he had a shred more class than I could have ever imagined.
Marc Tracy’s piece in today’s NYTimes, Where Is Today’s Philip Roth?”, about how there aren’t white male American novelists, or novels about same is just about the stupiest thing I’ve read in quite some time- and I read the NYTimes like it’s my religion.
July 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Marc Tracy’s piece in today’s NYTimes, Where Is Today’s Philip Roth?”, about how there aren’t white male American novelists, or novels about same is just about the stupiest thing I’ve read in quite some time- and I read the NYTimes like it’s my religion.
If I buy a Cybertruck should I get the undercoat?
July 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If I buy a Cybertruck should I get the undercoat?
I have a feeling that India Walton has some advice for Zohran Mamdani.
June 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I have a feeling that India Walton has some advice for Zohran Mamdani.
If Harvard can’t win these Trump lawsuits it’s probably time to reconsider those US News rankings
May 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If Harvard can’t win these Trump lawsuits it’s probably time to reconsider those US News rankings
Journalism’s Slop Crisis Started Long Before That AI-Generated Summer Insert - defector.com/journalisms-...
Journalism's Slop Crisis Started Long Before That AI-Generated Summer Insert | Defector
The saddest stories in local news are the ones where the body has been left to sit for a while. I worked in local news for the first decade of my journalism career, and that often meant writing about ...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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MoDo says that the elder Bush “was such an avid golfer that, when it rained, he played the sand traps as water hazards.” I assume it means that when he hit a trap he took a drop, but how is that a measure of avidity?
May 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
MoDo says that the elder Bush “was such an avid golfer that, when it rained, he played the sand traps as water hazards.” I assume it means that when he hit a trap he took a drop, but how is that a measure of avidity?
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Everyone’s gonna be wide awake at his funeral. If only because they’ll play Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration” at full volume.
April 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Everyone’s gonna be wide awake at his funeral. If only because they’ll play Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration” at full volume.
Elizabeth Nelson is one of the most entertaining golf writers I’ve ever encountered #paranoics
April 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Elizabeth Nelson is one of the most entertaining golf writers I’ve ever encountered #paranoics
John Roberts was sure the leopards weren’t going to eat his face
March 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
John Roberts was sure the leopards weren’t going to eat his face