Suppose a president “ordered SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival” but “was not impeached,” D.C. Circuit Judge Florence Y. Pan said while questioning… Read More »D.C. Circuit seems skeptical of Trump’s alarmingly broad presidential immunity claim

Diolch yn fawr – Patience, thank you very much for such a wonderful introduction. Friends – a very warm welcome to Swansea! Croeso mawr i… Read More »Read: Full text of Jeremy Miles’ ‘vision for Wales’ speech – LabourList | Latest UK Labour Party news, analysis and comment

With Nigel Farage, a self-declared Putin admirer, believed to be on the political rise and intending to ‘shape politics’ before the country goes to the… Read More »The right-wing plot against Ukraine

This looks like fun to me! Photo by: www.localfitness.com.au via Wikipedia. Welcome to an advice column by me, Sara Benincasa, a person with many opinions.… Read More »I Do Not Want To Do Fitness!

(Peace in Ukraine, with Russia not only undefeated but stronger than ever, would work directly against the plan considered ABSOLUTELY VITAL by all western powers… Read More »PEACE IS THE LAST THING THE WEST WANTS IN UKRAINE

House Republicans are calling out President Joe Biden’s push, under an executive order, to field federal employees to vote, register voters, and serve as poll… Read More »‘Biden and His Bureaucrats’: GOP Blasts Fed Employees as Local Election Administrator

Since Claudine Gay’s resignation announcement earlier today, there have been oodles of reactions on X from people celebrating the fate of the clearly unqualified serial… Read More »IT’S ALL A PLOT! Nikole Hannah-Jones Reacts to Claudine Gay’s Resignation as Only She Can

This story was originally published by Slate and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  The winter between 1917 and 1918 was a trying one… Read More »Your utility bills may be funding the gas lobby

I don’t know whether artificial intelligence (AI) will give us a 4-hour workweek, write all of our code and emails, and drive our cars—or whether… Read More »We absolutely do not need an FDA for AI

  My predictions are always wrong—like everyone else’s. We humans have a lousy track record on predicting the future. Something to remember when you hear… Read More »Predictions for 2024