As the nation reckons with the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, there has been a notable trend from mainstream pundits and press outlets. They have tended to downplay or outright ignore the ugly things that he said and instead to stress the polite ways he said them. It'
The steady decline of American media continued this week with word that David Ellison, the new owner of Paramount, plans to purchase The Free Press and give its founder Bari Weiss a top position at CBS News. Now, I should acknowledge at the outset that I am not the son
Work in Progress is a recurring feature on CAMPAIGN TRAILS, in which I share some of the more interesting materials I’ve uncovered in my book-in-progress on the work of John Doar and the Civil Rights Division in the 1960s. In my last post, I noted in passing that more
Work in Progress is a recurring feature on CAMPAIGN TRAILS, in which I share some of the more interesting materials I’ve uncovered in my book-in-progress on the work of John Doar and the Civil Rights Division in the 1960s. As I noted in my last post on the Voting
Work in Progress is a recurring feature on CAMPAIGN TRAILS, in which I share some of the more interesting materials I’ve uncovered in my book-in-progress on the work of John Doar and the Civil Rights Division in the 1960s. This week marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights
Once upon a time, it was expected that the President of the United States would work for all the people of the United States, not just the ones who voted for him. The Biden administration, for instance, repeatedly worked to make life better for Americans in rural, red states. Take
Elon Musk, who has famously always delivered on his promises – like getting a million robot-taxis on the streets by 2020, sending a manned mission to Mars by 2021, or creating a 29-minute "hyper loop" on the East Coast – has now vowed to create his most stunning achievement to
The success of Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral primary in New York City has predictably set off the worst possible takes from the worst possible people. And while I'm generally loathe to drag out any posts from the dilapidated Nazi bar that was once known as Twitter, this
During these early months of Trump II: The Revenge, we've all been subjected to an overwhelming flood of outrages – unconstitutional power grabs, international emergencies, economic chaos, an assault on higher education, a wave of white nationalist race-baiting, bigoted culture warrior nonsense and so, so much more. The effort
Yesterday, as the world's richest narcissist and the world's most powerful narcissist engaged in a campaign of mutually-assured destruction, social media platforms witnessed record new levels of schadenfreude. Musk insisted that Trump was an ungrateful client who owed him his presidency and, by the way, a
Work in Progress is a recurring feature on CAMPAIGN TRAILS, in which I share some of the more interesting materials I’ve uncovered in my book-in-progress on the work of John Doar and the Civil Rights Division in the 1960s. (This is normally a feature reserved just for paid subscribers,
This past week, the corporate media apparently met in a secret conclave and emerged with a new decree for the American electorate – Joe Biden was old. Politico announced that "the first litmus test of the 2028 campaign" would be whether or not Democratic candidates would be able to