Kamala Harris Made History. Then Her History Caught Up With Her.
Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Kamala Harris is out. The junior senator from California suspended her bid for the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday afternoon. The announcement capped off a historic campaign that started with a bang and quickly devolved into a sputtering operation torn between two coasts and warring staffers, according to damning reports from Politico…
Adventures in Panorama, Checkerboard Edition
I regaled my weekend audience with the results of my attempt to learn how to do panoramic photos using Photoshop. In a nutshell, you can take several pictures from left to right and then stitch them together horizontally or you can take several pictures from bottom to top and stitch them together vertically. But then…
I Know Why Trump Suddenly Hit Brazil and Argentina With Tariffs
President Trump suddenly announced new steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil and Argentina today, which he blamed on the “massive devaluation of their currencies.” Vox’s Jen Kirby calls Trump’s reasoning “confusing,” which is very charitable indeed. Both the real and the peso are freely traded, which means they get weaker or stronger depending on their…
Melania Trump’s Problem Is Not Her Coat
Robin Givhan, the Washington Post’s fashion critic, has some harsh words for Melania Trump’s outerware: First lady Melania Trump unveiled this year’s White House Christmas decorations in a gauzy video in which she strolls through the public rooms marveling at their holiday luster….For her tour, Mrs. Trump wears all white: a dress with a simple…
Did the Woke Propel Donald Trump to Victory?
ABC News I’ve periodically pointed out that Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory didn’t depend on rising levels of racist sentiment among voters. Racism has actually been declining slowly over time in the US, and in any case Trump got about the same share of the racist vote as Mitt Romney did four years earlier. In…
The UN Secretary General Says the Real Climate Leaders Are the World’s Youth
Environment of IFEMA venue during the opening day of the UNFCCC COP25 climate conference on December 2, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Miquel Benitez/Getty This piece was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, contrasted the “leadership” and “mobilization” shown by the…