Ah yes, just war. Wonder how that's holding up these days. (Flipping through my Grotius to see where "ending a civilization" is covered.)

I get a modest salary supplement for being an Institute director. I'm going to declare it as a "tip" on my tax returns now. Hope that's ok.
(After all, my dean always says "here's a little something for you, son" when I get it.)

With due respect to people who wear the uniform, hasn't it become inordinately clear that the US has the most expensive and the least effective military in history?

After Cease-Fire, Ship Traffic in Strait of Hormuz Remains Throttled

Boy, I guess cursing and making threats of war crimes and genocide don't quite have the oomph they used to

After Cease-Fire, Ship Traffic in Strait of Hormuz Remains Throttled www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/b...

The "No Labels" people in Ariz are fighting over what they can be called.

Philosophers of language, any comment?

Artemis II Astronauts Head Home After Historic Journey Around the Moon

Why does the press turn into a 12 yr old boy on his first visit to a space museum when reporting on NASA missions?

Any word on what this costs?

Artemis II Astronauts Head Home After Historic Journey Around the Moon www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...

tRump in 2020: Watch me single-handedly ruin the world economy by mis-handling a pandemic

tRump in 2026: Hold my beer

Todd Blanche takes on DOJ’s top job and the burden of Trump’s expectations After Trump ousted Pam Bondi, her deputy is set to lead the department — and take on many of the same challenges.

The accusation that tRump treats the DOJ as his own personal set of attorneys is now literally true.

wapo.st/4c3Ff0h

So the whole reason they are there is their supposed need to always wear masks, right?

Florida Democrats Win Special Election in Mar-a-Lago’s District

The Trump political brand is going the way of steaks, vodka and casinos. (See also North Carolina)

Florida Democrats Win Special Election in Mar-a-Lago’s District www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. and Iran Held ‘Very Good’ Talks on Ending Conflict

War Crimes Get TACO'd

Trump Says U.S. and Iran Held ‘Very Good’ Talks on Ending Conflict www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

A State of Wealthy Entrepreneurs Passes a ‘Millionaires’ Tax’

I love that ppl whining about giving up 10% of their multi-million dollar incomes to help child services and the poor is not a mark of shame

A State of Wealthy Entrepreneurs Passes a ‘Millionaires’ Tax’ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

Good point. But travel aside, the biggest thing that European grocery stores have over American ones is that they let their cashiers sit down.

I'm not a catholic anymore but I seem to recall that while lying is a venal sin, lying to a priest is mortal

I remember the shock when it was revealed that George W. didn't know the difference betw/ Shiite and Suni Muslims. I would love for someone task tRump what it is (and which countries have majorities/leadership from each)

Violent military attacks that will certainly kill scores of civilians and do untold physical damage requires a high justificatory bar.
This one falls way short.
Don't just ask for a vote in Congress which will likely approve it).

Condemn the whole thing.

Chuck (and Hakeem): this how it's done

Schumer's major objection is that he wasn't invited into the war room to watch the cool bombing videos of exploding schools and apartment buildings

Cuba says it killed heavily armed exiles who attacked from US-registered speedboat Rare clash off island’s coast took place amid US oil embargo and heightened tensions between two countries

The Bay of Pigs didn’t turn out so good the first time.

Idiots

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Live Updates: Former Prince Andrew Arrested in Britain Over Epstein Ties

So do you think the Brits will release the Epstein files then?

Former Prince Andrew Arrested in Britain Over Epstein Ties www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

How a Trump Tax Break Rescued Horse Racing

tRump always fighting for the common (thoroughbred-owning) man

How a Trump Tax Break Rescued Horse Racing www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

Assault with a deadly rhetoric

Oh. Sorry; did I give it away? Did everyone put Nazis as their first guess?

I think the tRump admin wrote the Wordle today.

Minnesota Live Updates: Authorities Investigate Attack on Ilhan Omar as Tensions Flare Over Immigration Crackdown

Gotta love how Ilhan Omar totally STEPPED INTO that maniac. I can't hear from the video but I'm pretty sure she was saying "you wanna go m-f?"

Minnesota Live Updates: Authorities Investigate Attack on Ilhan Omar as Tensions Flare Over Immigration Crackdown www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Another paramilitary murder; another case where officials will blatantly deny what is obvious to anyone with normal eyesight

Now that Greenland has been TACO'd into the sunset, can we go back to headlining the actual (para)military occupation going on

Re: the repeated excuse that these ICE thugs were "afraid for their lives" and so had to resort to violence:

Really? Someone yelling at you makes you afraid for your life?

This just shows that these guys are too chickenshit to have these jobs.

Opinion | ICE Is a Virtual Secret Police

Great analysis, but ICE is neither secret or the police. It's a paramilitary arm of a wannabe dictator.

Brownshirts for short

ICE Is a Virtual Secret Police www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...

“My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” NYT

(so...nothing can, since you lack the former and are out of the latter)