Open Thread

You Got To Fight--For Your Right--For Junk Fees.  Lobbyists battle Biden Administration against regulating junk fees: Frustrated with airlines that charge passengers steep fees to check bags and change flights,…

Cris Barrish Is On The Case!: Finally, a great reporter lays bare the utterly pathetic state of BHL's gubernatorial campaign.  There is so much astounding detail in this story that…

Do We Really Need The Governor's Wife In The Senate?  New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy thinks so.  Me?  Uh, no: Politically, Tammy Murphy has been one of the New Jersey…

How Army Munitions Plant Arms Mass Shooters. With No Accountability: The initials stand for the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. Built during World War II, the federal site, in Independence,…

Rethug Lawyer, Former NCC Councilman, Disbarred.  Richard Abbott.  Man, you just gotta read this opinion.  An excerpt: We cannot help but lament that a seemingly mundane lawsuit would escalate into a nasty…

Government Shutdown Next Week?  You'd forgotten all about that, hadn't you?  So had I.  But it's almost upon us: At odds with one another on spending, House Republicans abruptly scrapped…

Actors' Strike Over: The union is so far providing some details of the agreement, more of which will likely emerge in the next few days prior to the union’s ratification…