In the months following the attacks of 9/11, the government laid the blame for orchestrating them on Osama bin Ladin. Then, after it murdered bin Ladin, the government decided that the true mastermind was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. By the time of bin Ladin's death, Mohammed had already been ...

Republicans handed Usha Vance the unenviable task of cleaning up her husband's history of hostile comments regarding women. Alas, she tried. Specifically, Usha attempted to dismiss J.D. Vance's trashing of "childless cat ladies" as a "quip." A "quip" is a witty or clever remark, often ...

For the past four years, inflation has rattled local small businesses across the country. The inflation rate peaked in 2022, but of course the cost of goods never went back down. In fact, the prices just kept rising, just not at the same clip they had been rising at the peak. In short, gas ...

2024 began as a referendum between two deeply disliked men, one of whom is an incumbent with a bad economy, and his predecessor who had a great economy until a global pandemic undid it. 2024 is ending with everyone remembering they hate Donald Trump and not knowing who Kamala Harris is. Trump ...

Last Monday's "White Dudes for Harris" Zoom call, with some 90,000 registered to participate, was surely a landmark in political history. Nearly 200 years ago, when the Democratic Party was being formed to elect and reelect Andrew Jackson, the entire American electorate, with exceptions, such ...

On Monday night, Vice President Kamala Harris boosters launched a "White Dudes for Harris" Zoom rally and fundraiser, rushing to plug a glaring hole in the candidate's support: men. Former President Donald Trump leads Harris 47 to 39 among male voters nationwide, in the latest Economist/You ...