Month: October 2014

I remember reading about the arrest of Alan Gross when it happened back in 2009. I knew that the Cubans accused him of being some kind of spy who was setting up electronic equipment on the island in a surreptitious way. At the...

Think Progress has a good piece on how difficult it can be for Native American voters to get to the early polling places or to vote with an absentee ballot in South Dakota. Needless to say, the Republicans who run the state...

Not being Catholic, there’s a limit to how much interest I can muster in doctrinal disputes within the Church. Sometimes it feels somewhat like watching pro wrestling, which is another spectacle where my lack of faith in...

At this point, it’s pretty much indisputable that something has snapped in George Will’s mind and that he has abandoned all pretext of conforming to journalistic standards of honesty. In fact, I seriously question...

Gonna shine, shave, shower, and shampoo… what’s on the agenda for the evening? This is your Saturday evening open thread.