President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Monday, August 18, 2025, in the Oval Office President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Monday, August 18, 2025, in the Oval Office

Trump and Zelensky to Discuss Peace Plan

Ukraine’s president is trying to negotiate a deal that Russia will surely reject.

Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, and Others Entering Public Domain

Thousands of works from 1930 will lose copyright protection with the New Year.

Sunday’s Forum

Sporting Cultures

A clash between American and European models.

The Affordability Conundrum

The fixes people want won’t help and those that will help, people don’t want.

Saturday’s Forum

A Photo for Friday

“Landing”

The Failure of DOGE

Jobs were lost and people have died (and will die), but at least we didn’t save any money!

President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd after delivering remarks on the economy at the Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on Friday, December 19, 2025. President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd after delivering remarks on the economy at the Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on Friday, December 19, 2025.

US Struck ISIS Targets in Nigeria on Christmas

(More than) 12 Tomahawks a-bombing.

Boxing Day Forum

Merry Christmas Forum!

From OTB to all of you: Merry Christmas!

Undermining a Governance Success Story

One of the great success stories of American governance—economic growth paired with environmental progress—has gone largely unnoticed.

Christmas Eve Forum

Legal Extortion

A bad year for OTB.

Q3 GDP Grew 4.3%

Better late than never numbers are better than the vibes suggested.

Another Brick Out the Wall

Don’t tell me there’s no hope at all

Festivus Forum

Although in blog world, every day is the airing of the grievances.

Vibing in the Wrong Direction

More thoughts on Klein’s column.

Bari Weiss Strikes

Although I have to wonder if she is aware of the Streisand Effect?

Shifting Vibes?

If the politics of cruelty has peaked, what follows?

AG Monday!

Frank Herbert’s classic novel, Dune.

Monday’s Forum

Long-Term Consequences

Gone, gone, the damage done.

The Trump Administration and Long-Term Damage

Debates about whether Trump is strong or weak often ignore the fundamental fact that he has power.

U.S. Congresswoman and United Nations Ambassador nominee Elise Stefanik speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. U.S. Congresswoman and United Nations Ambassador nominee Elise Stefanik speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

Stefanik Drops Out of Governor’s Race, Leaving Congress

Everybody knows you never go full MAGA.

Saturday’s Forum

A Photo for Friday

“Sonoran Desert Sunset”

Friday’s Forum

President Trump’s War on Environmental Reality

If you don’t collect the data, the problem disappears, right?

Thursday’s Forum

Bongino to Resign

Spouting opinions is far easier work that governing based on facts.

The Trump Economy

Plus more white nationalism from the administration.

More Grotesqueries from the Trump Administration

Reveling in cruelty.

Wednesday’s Forum

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Radical Reorganization of Military Commands

The biggest reform in generations is being proposed.

Tuesday’s Forum

President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa.

A Message of Sympathy from the President

Right in front of our noses.

Greg Bovino’s Costuming Choices

It is hard to ignore the aesthetic he is invoking.

Rob Reiner at the Montclair Film Festival 2016. Rob Reiner at the Montclair Film Festival 2016.

Rob Reiner, 1947-2025

The great director and actor was killed, along with his wife, apparently by their son.

AG Monday!

This week: Blade Runner.

Monday’s Forum

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Baby Farming

The most bizarre report I’ve seen in some time.

Sunday’s Forum

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The GOP’s ObamaCare Dilemma

They hate the program but have no viable alternative.

Saturday’s Forum