Category Archives: Commentary
He Billed Grandma for a Catheter She Never Got. Then He Left.
The name on the indictment is Erekle Gugava. Thirty-three. Citizen of Georgia — the country, [...]
Sep
They Gave the System a 32. The System Should Not Get Another Decade.
A new national poll just put a number on what parents have been muttering in [...]
Sep
They Can Empty ICE at 2 A.M. They Can’t Ask for a Birth Certificate at Noon.
The question sounds like a riddle. On March 27, in the middle of the night, [...]
Sep
Government Employees Fight Trump’s Reforms From Within the Executive Branch
Who ultimately decides how the executive branch works? Is it the president, elected by the [...]
Sep
When Will the Iranian People Overthrow the Regime?
We are six months out now from the beginning of the Iran war, if that’s what [...]
Sep
They Booked a Hyatt to Abolish the Country
While normal people grilled something over Labor Day, about three thousand of them packed the [...]
Sep
They Don’t Need a Newspaper When They Have Two Hundred Phones
City Hall built a press list that does not call itself a press list. It [...]
Sep
The Barrel Got Cheaper. The Gallon Didn’t Get the Memo.
The rumor going around is tidy. Crude is forty dollars a barrel cheaper than it [...]
Sep
No, Capitalism Does Not “Work”
One of the most commonly heard complaints today—especially among young people—is that “capitalism doesn’t work [...]
Sep
The Generation That Built America Was The Last of Its Kind
Jack Fowler: Our friend, your friend, and I’m a great admirer of David Mamet, the playwright [...]
Sep