I Didn’t Want to Watch “Dear White People” Because I Lived It
Cast of Netflix’s Dear White People pose with creator Justin Simien at Hollywood premiere.Matt Sayles/AP Images/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It took me a while to watch Dear White People, mostly because I lived it. I was a freshman in college in the spring of 2004 when a…
What Made Marxism So Deadly?
Karl Marx: His economic theories weren’t that great, but he sure rocks a helluva beard. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Brad DeLong points me to Noah Smith, who uses the occasion of Karl Marx’s 200th birthday to muse about the many, many failings of real-world communism: For those who have…
Scott Pruitt Broke Bread With a Climate-Skeptic Cardinal Accused of Sexual Abuse
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt dined at a five-star restaurant with Cardinal George Pell, a climate-change skeptic who faces child sexual abuse charges, during a visit to Rome in June 2017, documents obtained by the New York Times show. According to the Times, EPA staff knew the…
Donald Trump to Propose Biggest Drug Reform In All of History Tomorrow
GMVozd/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you’ve been waiting on the edge of your seat for Donald Trump’s thoughts on how to reduce prescription drug prices, your wait is finally over: President Trump will deliver Friday afternoon a twice-delayed, much-anticipated speech about his plan to lower drug prices —…
Oliver North Thinks NRA Leaders Are Being Treated Like Black Americans Under Jim Crow
Oliver North gives the Invocation at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Dallas, Texas, on May 4, 2018. Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, the Washington Times published an exclusive interview with the incoming president of the National Rifle Association, Oliver North, in…
Pence: A Year Is Long Enough for an FBI Investigation
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Republican jihad against Robert Mueller took another step today: Vice President Pence on Thursday urged special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to bring his investigation into Russian election interference to a close, saying “it’s time to wrap it up.” ….Pence was asked Thursday by…