Open Thread

Question of the day comes from Lucian Truscott, who asks "WTF is wrong with rich people?" I have to say, I don’t have a clue what’s up with rich people.…

When it comes to judges, I like 'em well-seasoned. Republicans like 'em raw. Yesterday every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted for a 36-year-old twerp who has only practiced…

Stories searching for lessons in Tuesday's election litter the ground like autumn leaves, and I'll be damned if I rake them all up. A couple of them are worth your time,…

Football took another blow to the head at a University of Maryland symposium, with several sportswriters acknowledging that it's going to be hard to make a collision sport brain-safe. Bob…

Defeat is an orphan, all right, and Trump left Ed Gillespie's losing race in the convent doorway with a note saying, "He wouldn't embrace me." The Daily Beast has the…

Alt-right darling Taylor Swift is already widely despised, but for some reason she doesn't want to be associated with white supremacists -- so much so that she has threatened to…

People who want marijuana legalized for recreational use often talk up its tax advantages, but they're seldom realistic about it. Consider this Los Angeles Times article about the coming tax…

The civil war in the Democratic Party should be slouching toward Appomattox Courthouse, but the belligerents just won't let it go. Shots are still being fired over Donna Brazile's book…

The owner of the Glasgow Court trailer park wants to oust residents to make way for a housing development, but the plan might have hit a roadblock. A FOIA request…

Oh, that pesky tax reform plan, always getting yelled at. Now some Republicans are upset because -- brace yourself -- they're worried it will be portrayed as helping the rich…

Remember that GOP tax plan that was going to be released today? Whoops. They're still fighting over the details, so now it will be unveiled tomorrow. Definitely tomorrow. James Fallows…

Everybody waiting for Mueller's Monday reveal, but writing about it is difficult because nobody knows anything more than the bare bones. I'm skipping all the prediction stories -- Mueller will…