Oct. 16 Open Thread: Oh, Wait, Yeah, Right…You Mean That Journalist
The Saudis aren't the fastest liars on the planet, that's for sure. It took them a week to come around to "he died under questioning by rogue elements," which ranks…
Oct. 15 Open Thread: Fellow Worker Gritty
The Legend of Gritty continues to spread, this time with a piece in the New Yorker titled "How the Left won the war for Gritty." The author notes that Gritty…
Oct. 13 Open Thread: It’s Not Just Mike Matthews
What happened to Mike Matthews is going on all over America as election season nears a boil. The same day a Connecticut Republican dropped out of his race over Facebook…
Oct. 12 Open Thread: Liberal Reluctantly Sees Some Good in Socialism
In a long essay on the rise of socialism as a political force, Jonathan Chait grapples with the fears of center-left liberals who think socialism's goals are too scary to…
Mental Illness on Display in Oval Office, and This Time It’s Not Trump
I'm no Yeezy fan, but I must admit Kanye achieved the near-impossible today at the White House -- he went on a mind-bending diatribe that kept Donald Trump quiet for…
Oct. 11 Open Thread: Bloom Energy, the Gift That Keeps on Taking
With apologies to non-baseball fans, Delaware's contract with Bloom Energy is like the deal the Phillies signed with aging slugger Ryan Howard -- an exorbitant amount of guaranteed money for…
Oct. 10 Open Thread: Biden Blisters Trump in Britain
Once, not so long ago, American politicians made a point of never criticizing a president's policies to an overseas audience. Earlier today in London, Joe Biden made a point of…
Oct. 9 Open Thread: This Just In… Tom Carper Loves Big Pharma…That Is All
The State News looked into the anti-Carper full-page mailers attacking him for his Big Pharma ties. They found the Patients for Affordable Drugs Action but didn't get a whole lot…
Song of the Day 10/7: RIP Martyn Jerel Buchwald
Song of the Day would be remiss if it ignored the recent death of Martyn Jerel Buchwald, better known as Marty Balin, founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, the band…
Oct. 7 Open Thread: Mopping Up the Puke
America today is like Brett Kavanaugh's Yale dorm bathroom: Vomit-stained as a result of a depraved display of privilege, power and irresponsibility. And though Democrats made it close for quite…
Oct. 5 Open Thread: Drunken, Lying, Privileged Partisan Hacks Are People, Too
I'm starting to wonder if the Republicans haven't overplayed their hand on Brett Kavanaugh. For a day or two they gained ground in polls by stoking the fires of white…
Coons Disparages FBI ‘Investigation,’ Heitkamp a ‘No’
From the New York Times, quoting Chris Coons after his turn reviewing the 1,000-page whitewash of Brett Kavanaugh: “The materials I just reviewed did not answer all of the questions…
Scott Walker’s Crazy Train Pulls Into Lunatic Junction
What does a guy have to do to get himself committed for psychiatric evaluation these days? GOP congressional candidate Scott Walker seems determined to find out. I missed this when…