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A Photo for Friday

· Friday, May 9, 2025 · 4 comments

“Dinner”

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, May 9, 2025 · 61 comments

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Leo XIV: An American Pope

· Thursday, May 8, 2025 · 40 comments

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected to head the Catholic Church

Two More Trade Tidbits

· Thursday, May 8, 2025 · 19 comments

So little art; not really any deal.

A Few Empirical Observations on Trump’s Economic Claims

· Thursday, May 8, 2025 · 23 comments

Facts are stubborn things.

Joseph Nye, 1937-2025

· Thursday, May 8, 2025 · 3 comments

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, May 8, 2025 · 61 comments

Kashmir Crisis Escalates

· Wednesday, May 7, 2025 · 12 comments

India and Pakistan are playing a dangerous game of tit for tat.

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Trump to End EnergyStar Program

· Wednesday, May 7, 2025 · 20 comments

For reasons.

Supreme Court Allows Trump Transgender Ban to Proceed

· Wednesday, May 7, 2025 · 10 comments

They’ve reversed a lower court ruling. For now.

Wednesday’s Forum

· Wednesday, May 7, 2025 · 128 comments

Tabby Tuesday

· Tuesday, May 6, 2025 · 25 comments

Hegseth Orders Big Cuts to General and Flag Officer Ranks

· Tuesday, May 6, 2025 · 17 comments

Whether it’s a good policy will depend almost entirely on execution.

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, May 6, 2025 · 75 comments

Unserious and More than a Little Authoritarian

· Monday, May 5, 2025 · 50 comments

Imagery and the White House Twitter account.

AG Monday

· Monday, May 5, 2025 · 5 comments

Back to the Bat.

Cinco de Mayo Forum

· Monday, May 5, 2025 · 87 comments

PSA: How to Avoid Being a Hack

· Sunday, May 4, 2025 · 26 comments

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Hooray for Scarcity?

· Sunday, May 4, 2025 · 31 comments

Trump’s weird rhetoric on trade.

An M1A2 SEP v2 Abrams assigned to Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, fires at a target during a zero range at Rodriguez Live-Fire Complex, South Korea, Aug. 5, 2024. The unit is participating in a deployment readiness exercise in support of Operation Pacific Fortitude, which supports long-standing agreements to the Republic of Korea by deploying forces, drawing and transporting equipment to validate unit readiness and the U.S. commitment to the alliance. An M1A2 SEP v2 Abrams assigned to Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, fires at a target during a zero range at Rodriguez Live-Fire Complex, South Korea, Aug. 5, 2024. The unit is participating in a deployment readiness exercise in support of Operation Pacific Fortitude, which supports long-standing agreements to the Republic of Korea by deploying forces, drawing and transporting equipment to validate unit readiness and the U.S. commitment to the alliance.

The Army’s ‘New’ China Strategy

· Sunday, May 4, 2025 · 18 comments

The Asia pivot is happening very slowly.

May the Fourthum Be With You

· Sunday, May 4, 2025 · 45 comments

SaturTabby

· Saturday, May 3, 2025 · 8 comments

The Childish President

· Saturday, May 3, 2025 · 29 comments

On renaming commemorations.

Trump to Gut Intelligence Agencies

· Saturday, May 3, 2025 · 33 comments

Thousands of job cuts are envisioned.

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, May 3, 2025 · 50 comments

What Anti-DEI Really Ends Up Meaning

· Friday, May 2, 2025 · 18 comments

A case from rural Alabama.

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, May 2, 2025 · 3 comments

“Country Rain”

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, May 2, 2025 · 84 comments

President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of Commerce Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz in the Oval Office, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of Commerce Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz in the Oval Office, Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

Michael Waltz Out as National Security Advisor [But in as UN Ambassador!]

· Thursday, May 1, 2025 · 15 comments

A major reshuffling of the foreign policy team 100 days into the administration.

May Day Forum

· Thursday, May 1, 2025 · 66 comments

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The AI Is Taking Our Jobs!

· Wednesday, April 30, 2025 · 46 comments

Machines have been eliminating blue collar jobs for decades. Now they’re coming for white collar jobs.

Wednesday’s Forum

· Wednesday, April 30, 2025 · 75 comments

Loyalty to Trump

· Tuesday, April 29, 2025 · 13 comments

A basic definition.

Over Half of Americans See Trump as a “Dangerous Dictator”

· Tuesday, April 29, 2025 · 26 comments

Gee, I wonder why?

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, April 29, 2025 · 56 comments

AG Monday!

· Monday, April 28, 2025 · 8 comments

This week: that 70’s superhero show.

1.47%

· Monday, April 28, 2025 · 22 comments

A reminder.

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, April 28, 2025 · 46 comments

The Gulf Between Us

· Sunday, April 27, 2025 · 24 comments

The Poll is a Census

· Sunday, April 27, 2025 · 19 comments

The country is not happy with Trump. Except for Republicans.

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, April 27, 2025 · 37 comments

Americans See Presidential Overreach

· Saturday, April 26, 2025 · 26 comments

Even Republicans are balking at some Trump policies.

We’re Deporting US Citizens, Including Children

· Saturday, April 26, 2025 · 30 comments

Apparently, this is who we are now.

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, April 26, 2025 · 63 comments

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, April 25, 2025 · 7 comments

“Shall We Dance?”

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, April 25, 2025 · 105 comments

Democrats Less Popular Than Trump

· Thursday, April 24, 2025 · 37 comments

The polls are showing a really weird dynamic.

Tabby Thursday

· Thursday, April 24, 2025 · 13 comments

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, April 24, 2025 · 64 comments

Terrifying Encounters With the Deep State!

· Wednesday, April 23, 2025 · 27 comments

Public misconceptions about federal waste invite tolerance for questionable workarounds to the constitutionally prescribed manner of determining appropriations.

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