Month: August 2014

It’s hard to say if it was more offensive to put up a billboard of Martin Luther King Jr. hugging Usama bin-Laden on the anniversary of King’s birthday than it was to put up a billboard with a giant set of testicles...

Speculation about the Democratic nominating contest for 2016 is equally boring. Yes, it would be kind of interesting if Russ Feingold came out of retirement to vie for the nomination, but is there even a hint of evidence that he...

Especially in relatively slow news cycles, it is very tempting to write articles about the shape of the 2016 presidential field, as Al Hunt has just done for Bloomberg News. I think it’s reasonable to periodically revisit...

In the Washington Post, Manuel Roig-Franzia, DeNeen Brown and Wesley Lowery have a nice overview of the problems in Ferguson, Missouri that takes into account the perspectives of the black citizens of that town and the towns...

Late last night my Twitter feed lit up with reports of looting in Ferguson, Missouri. This was immediately followed by reports of citizens stepping up to protect businesses against looters. It was discouraging and encouraging at...