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The Blackface Party
I must have missed something: Was there some kind of all-hands white-people meeting at which we voted to kick the Democrats out?
Elizabeth Warren, Rachel Dolezal, Beto O’Rourke — what’s up with all the ethnic play-acting? Isn’t cultural appropriation supposed to be a bad thing among progressives? Isn’t ...
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Dem Rep.: Kushner May Have Orchestrated Khashoggi Assassination
Representative Joaquin Castro (D., Texas) claimed without evidence Friday that White House adviser Jared Kushner may have prompted the Saudi government to assassinate journalist Jamal Khashoggi by including his name on an “enemies list” provided to Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
During an appearance on ...
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Rosenstein Defends the Mueller Probe
Well, did you think Rod Rosenstein was going to say, “You got me. The Mueller probe was inappropriate and politicized?”
No, you didn’t. And the deputy attorney general did not disappoint. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Rosenstein defended the investigation as “appropriate ...
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A Right-Wing Halloween
‘The world is not a dark and evil place,” insists an exasperated woman played by Judy Greer in Halloween. “It’s full of love and understanding!”
I put the question to the class: Is she right?
In the new film (not a reboot but a sequel that occurs 40 years after the events in the 1978 original and ...
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Heitkamp Campaign in Trouble as Election Day Approaches
It’s been a bad week for Heidi Heitkamp.
Last night, the North Dakota Democrat squared off against Republican congressman Kevin Cramer in a debate, as she fights to hold on to her Senate seat. With less than three weeks to go until the election, Heitkamp already appeared to be at a disadvantage; most recent ...
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Meet the Businessman Who Could Unseat Joe Donnelly in Indiana
Jasper, Ind. — It’s not easy to get out to Jasper. The closest airport, Louisville International, is in another state, and it’ll take an hour or two on a series of winding two-lane highways before you find yourself crossing the railroad tracks in the 15,000-person Indiana town.
But that’s how Mike ...
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