Philip Michael Thomas! Has he been wearing that suit since the 80s?

This phenomenon is also visible in the commentariat: those economists who called the last downturn are shunned, while those who got it completely wrong get the talking head roles. For military coverage, those who were wildly and erroneously optimistic last time narrate the live coverage.

If Trump gets us into a quagmire in the Middle East, it will be the first normal thing he’s done in his 2nd term

Exactly! As best I can figure, the poster is basing their idea of Capitalism on Smith and Ricardo, but Smith argued that individual ethics were not necessary to achieve a good result. Smith was not concerned with individual moral failings, but with government collaboration with bad actors.

In my experience actual gun owners are much more reasonable and responsible than 2A organizations like the NRA or rabid 2A influencers.

> you can’t believe the government; elect us and we’ll prove it

Individually, very few have competence, but they follow orders. That’s what makes them dangerous: they essentially an ant colony with private jets and media empires.

Add 4 to the current 9, and 6 to 3 reactionary rulings become 7 to 6 jurisprudence with steaming dissents from Justices Alito and Thomas.

I appreciate the diligence of those who continue to advocate for justice in our currently corrupted system; they will at some point be vindicated and celebrated. But for now the focus should be: 13 justices on the SCOTUS bench. Make all Democratic candidates sign an oath to that effect.

The terrible truth is there are Americans who believe the killing of Rene Good was justified. Confronting these people may be satisfying, but it’s only going to harden their resolve.

The fact that they’re threatening rather than doing shows they’ll probably be bending the knee when the tanks roll in to Nuuk. If they’re serious, the best time is right now.

This is good PR cover for the heartbreaking dismemberment of NASA science missions, which are much more significant and inspirational www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

This is not the time for incrementalism. Sadly, there will be more tragedies going forward, but trying to help a malicious administration behave better is both unlikely to succeed and distracts from the crucial task of getting them out of power and nullifying all their damage.

The Teamsters have been a scab union from the start. They have a history of breaking strikes from other unions, and their founder, Dave Beck, loved to hob knob with and give lip service to the bosses.