The United States vs. Breastfeeding
Your government has come out in opposition to breast-feeding. From the NY Times: A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United...
Random Thoughts
I am finally getting around to binge-watching “The Americans,” the FX series that just ended after five seasons. I remember checking out the first episode when it aired and not being impressed enough to continue, but on second viewing I was hooked. I became even more...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
George Takei, who was thrown into an internment camp along with the rest of his family and thousands of other Japanese-Americans during World War II, writes about the difference between that ugly experience (which the US government has since apologized for) and the...
Bill, Melania, and The Queen’s Birthday
Bill Clinton is making the rounds promoting the new novel he wrote with James Patterson, and he made headlines yesterday when he got all huffy during a "Today" show appearance after being asked whether the #MeToo movement has changed how he looks back on his...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
Amanda Marcotte on why progressives freaking out about the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy are forgetting all the horrible decisions he made in his 30 years on the court: Liberals are so late to the game that we are now panicking about the barn...
After The Harm Is Done
Trump’s reversal on the separation of families at the border had nothing to do with morality, but everything to do with politics and optics. However, the damage has already been done. Members of his base — the ones who have lost all perspective on what’s right and...
As I Tweeted
I’m absolutely sure that our leaders in Washington will come up with a completely viable plan to distract us from this impending problem. https://twitter.com/ap/status/1004064258424856576?s=21
TV Review: “The Fourth Estate”
Showtime is airing "The Fourth Estate," a documentary series by Liz Garbus that follows reporters and editors at the New York Times as they cover the first year of the Trump administration. She was given remarkable access at the Times' headquarters in New York and at...