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Democrats Upend Primary Cycle. At Least for 2024. Maybe.

· Sunday, February 5, 2023 · 17 comments

South Carolina and Georgia win! Iowa loses! New Hampshire whines!

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, February 5, 2023 · 45 comments

Chinese Balloon Mania

· Saturday, February 4, 2023 · 33 comments

Tales of threat assessment and media reactions.

China Aiding Russia in Ukraine War

· Saturday, February 4, 2023 · 1 comment

The PRC is skirting sanctions to supply a frienemy.

Jupiter Keeps Adding Moons!

· Saturday, February 4, 2023 · 20 comments

The science-education gap.

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, February 4, 2023 · 29 comments

Can Bloggers Be Replaced by AI?

· Friday, February 3, 2023 · 34 comments

You be the judge.

Labor Saving Technology That Creates More Work

· Friday, February 3, 2023 · 11 comments

ChatGPT is just the latest example of a perverse phenomenon.

Good Jobs News

· Friday, February 3, 2023 · 39 comments

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, February 3, 2023 · 5 comments

“Orange Sunset”

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, February 3, 2023 · 55 comments

Make Sanders’ Childhood Great Again

· Thursday, February 2, 2023 · 20 comments

Christine McVie’s Quiet Greatness

· Thursday, February 2, 2023 · 7 comments

A long-form podcast recommendation.

The Electric Mismatch

· Thursday, February 2, 2023 · 48 comments

Cheap, big, fast: pick two.

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, February 2, 2023 · 80 comments

Tom Brady Retiring Again

· Wednesday, February 1, 2023 · 19 comments

The Greatest of All Time is hanging up his cleats a year too late.

Nikki Haley Running for President

· Wednesday, February 1, 2023 · 40 comments

Someone has stepped up to challenge former President Trump.

February First’s Forum

· Wednesday, February 1, 2023 · 79 comments

Trumpy Tabs for Tuesday

· Tuesday, January 31, 2023 · 19 comments

Because I had a lot of open tabs.

OTB at 20

· Tuesday, January 31, 2023 · 41 comments

A look back at two decades of blogging.

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, January 31, 2023 · 39 comments

Ukraine: Too Much Is Not Enough

· Monday, January 30, 2023 · 57 comments

The appetite for more resources approaches infinity.

Monday Morning Tabs and Takes

· Monday, January 30, 2023 · 26 comments

Leftovers from last week and over the weekend.

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, January 30, 2023 · 43 comments

Looking to the 2024 Senate Map

· Sunday, January 29, 2023 · 16 comments

A tough map for the Democrats.

The Paul Pelosi Video

· Sunday, January 29, 2023 · 10 comments

Why was it released to the public?

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, January 29, 2023 · 20 comments

Signs and Portents

· Saturday, January 28, 2023 · 19 comments

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

Right-Wing Musical Chairs on Satellite TV

· Saturday, January 28, 2023 · 18 comments

Weirdly, politicians who don’t understand the debt ceiling also don’t understand other things.

General Preparing for War With China!

· Saturday, January 28, 2023 · 33 comments

Playing two-level games.

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, January 28, 2023 · 27 comments

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, January 27, 2023 · 10 comments

“Jupiter?”

Approval Polling and Starting to Think about 2024

· Friday, January 27, 2023 · 10 comments

Some numbers from the Emerson poll.

More Mass Shootings than Days in 2023

· Friday, January 27, 2023 · 18 comments

Some depressing stats.

Students Protest Harvard’s Comaroff Again

· Friday, January 27, 2023 · 9 comments

Understandable outrage at administrative complicity.

Gay Wedding Cake Baker Back in Court

· Friday, January 27, 2023 · 100 comments

Here we go again.

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, January 27, 2023 · 43 comments

Tabby Thursday

· Thursday, January 26, 2023 · 5 comments

A little debt ceiling, a little higher ed, and other misc delights.

U. S. Sending Abrams Tanks After All

· Thursday, January 26, 2023 · 34 comments

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, January 26, 2023 · 71 comments

Lackadaisical Handling of Secrets by Top Officials

· Wednesday, January 25, 2023 · 25 comments

It’s becoming a sad joke.

We’re Doomed! Doomed!

· Wednesday, January 25, 2023 · 10 comments

We’re all gonna die, folks.

Wednesday’s Forum

· Wednesday, January 25, 2023 · 40 comments

The Tech Bubble Has Burst. Or Has It?

· Tuesday, January 24, 2023 · 34 comments

A lot of huge investments have failed for a variety of reasons.

Manchin 2024? Hogan 2024?

· Tuesday, January 24, 2023 · 57 comments

The market for competent centrists.

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, January 24, 2023 · 50 comments

Monday Tabs

· Monday, January 23, 2023 · 10 comments

Yellen Again Rejects Trillion Dollar Coin

· Monday, January 23, 2023 · 19 comments

A silly workaround to an infuriating problem that won’t go away.

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, January 23, 2023 · 37 comments

On the Number of Parties 4: The Oddity of Two, Part 1

· Sunday, January 22, 2023 · 5 comments

A real example of American exceptionalism.

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