No Wonder Scott Pruitt Wanted a Chick-fil-A Franchise: They’re Both On Missions From God
Jebb Harris/The Orange County Register, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Washington Post on Tuesday dropped another bombshell about Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s attempts to exploit his office for personal gain. He had his staff arrange a call with the chairman of Chick-fil-A, and later its legal…
Lead and Crime in Eastern Europe: A Hopeless Case
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Tyler Cowen has an odd Drum-bait headline today: Why is there no lead-homicide connection in Eastern Europe? Children growing up in former communist CEE [Central and Eastern European] countries during the 1980s were subjected to horrific amounts of industrial pollution, including extreme levels of prolonged…
Most of the Philadelphia Eagles Said They Wouldn’t Go to the White House. So Trump Disinvited the Whole Team.
Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, President Donald Trump called off the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles’ visit to the White House, saying in a statement that players and team officials “disagree with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for…
Gaz Coombes’ Latest Is a Dreamy, Passionate Show
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gaz CoombesWorld’s Strongest ManHot Fruit It’s hard to be grandiose and intimate at the same time, but Britain’s Gaz Coombes has perfected that trick on his wonderful third solo album. The former leader of Supergrass, which excelled at fizzy rockin’ pop, he hasn’t so much…
Gallup: Suicide Immoral Unless Doctor-Assisted
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Washington Post has a piece about marijuana acceptance today (65 percent now say it’s morally acceptable), but something else caught my eye in the Gallup survey data they cited: I wonder if this is real, or just some odd polling artifact? Can it really…
Scott Pruitt Is Sleeping Great These Days on a Trump Mattress
For chrissake, Scott, it’s just a relabeled Serta mattress. Try to contain yourself.Trump Home Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s the latest on our nation’s hardworking EPA chief: In mid-September, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator’s director of scheduling and advance, Millan Hupp, contacted the Trump International Hotel in Washington with…