How Heavily Edited Is the Giuliani Borat Scene?
A new analysis suggests the key moment was artificially prolonged.
Borat Can’t Recapture His Mid-2000s Magic
The latest film is a decent distraction but nothing more.
COVID: Stop Pretending There’s a Coherent National Policy We Can Change
Our current state-by-state, locality-by-locality approach is both inevitable and rational.
Don’t Send Unsolicited Ballots If You Can’t Avoid Sending Them to Dead People
What’s wrong with having people request a ballot for each election they intend to vote in, rather than just sending them out willy-nilly?
Assessing the $600 Unemployment Boost
Congress should get its act together and pass another, smaller round of stimulus.
If the Democrats Win Everything
They really could sweep. And if they do, prepare for a miserable and acrimonious couple of years.
Why Republicans Zeroed Out the Individual-Mandate Penalty
It was an effort to comply with Senate rules, no matter what Senator Chris Murphy says.
Confirm ACB, and Then Let’s Fix the Process Going Forward
A constitutional amendment could do the trick.
What’s Gone Wrong with the Supreme Court — and How to Fix It
Ilya Shapiro’s Supreme Disorder reviews the history of political jockeying over the Court and the various proposals for reform.