Open Thread

The Agony And Joy Of Defeat.  You really thought I'd miss this story?: French athlete Anthony Ammiratiwas getting in his own way at the Summer 2024 Olympics. The 21-year-old pole vaulter…

Has Trump Become Fat Elvis? Who am I to say no?: He used to seem so formidable, a very real threat to American democracy, the pal of dictators around the…

If you only listen to one of the Rev's podcasts this year, make it this one. This is why Erik Raser-Schramm is one of my favorite people of all-time.  Check…

Been watching the political attack ads, interrupted, albeit briefly, by the Olympics. Can we simply recognize the fact that the Delaware Way denizens are just pushing their chips all in…

Y'know, Trump makes 'Low Energy Jeb' look downright peppy.  As someone pointed out on one of those news shows, optimism almost always wins in an election.  Trump looks flat-out miserable. …

BREAKING:  Bethany Hall-Long Broke The Law: Delaware Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s political campaigns repeatedly violated Delaware law by not disclosing $298,000 in payments to her husband, and by failing to…

Do Rethugs Really Want To Go Down This Road?: Republican leaders said that Mr Biden's decision to step aside confirmed their view that he was not in cognitive shape to…

THE Single Worst Idea For Replacing Biden.  Not only does it suck.  It wouldn't work: The writing staff would tell me I was about to jump the shark, that this…

'Biden And Trump Have Succeeded In Breaking Reality'.  If M. Gessen writes it, I read it: (B)oth campaigns are creating a sense of unreality, in presenting politics as formulaic spectacle,…

Looks like the biggest story from last night was that an untethered Trump is eminently beatable.  Didn't watch the speech.  Did you?: The new tone lasted 17 minutes. Then, he…