Danish Plan
The anti-Electoral College compact may come with a nasty surprise
The Colorado legislature approved a bill on Feb. 21 to cast Colorado’s electoral votes for president for the candidate who gets the most popular...
Climate science — and why the world won’t listen
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued the executive summary of its latest report on global warming on Sept. 26. It stated, among other things, that hundreds of scientists are more certain than ever that the planet is warming up and that ...
A modest proposal to protect members of Congress
I have a modest proposal for increasing the security for U.S. Congressmen without isolating them from their constituents anymore than they already are...
Turn Syria’s refugees into a liberation army
Never let a serious crisis go to waste,” Obama’s pal Rahm Emmanuel once famously remarked, adding that what he meant by that was “it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before...
The prince who read the instruction manual
The Washington press corps is shocked, shocked that Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman (aka MBS) may have ordered the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, a...
What should we do with Edward Snowden?
I’m of two minds as to what we should do with Edward Snowden...
Nixon explains why Bernie will clean Bloomberg’s clock
Me and the Idea Fairy had almost finished airing out the house when there was a knock on the door. It was Richard Nixon,...
The drug war turns 40
I was just kicking back with my second piece of Alice B. Toklas fudge when there was a knock on the door. It was Richard Nixon...
How will the great American social distancing experiment end?
How will America’s great social distancing experiment end? Just guessing, but I suspect toward the end of April, millions of Americans will say, in...
