A striking piece in the NYT suggests its former partnership with Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange has well and truly foundered. At this rate, he may be in the Ecuadorian Embassy for a very long time. Six weeks before the … [Read more...]

An entertaining opinion piece in The Guardian by Ben Fountain ("Isolated from power, the Republican party has turned inward and driven itself insane on a toxic mix of fear and rage. Trump is its natural figurehead") features this from … [Read more...]

Wisely? NYT's most relevant para: Ultimately, Mrs. Clinton, who told PBS that she was “afflicted with the responsibility gene,” avoided taking a chance with a less experienced vice-presidential candidate and declined to push the … [Read more...]

And don't miss the equally inspired Christmas in July: And Jon Stewart, God bless him: … [Read more...]

Good speech, Senator Sanders! Globe: Hillary Clinton understands that we must fix an economy in America that is rigged and that sends almost all new wealth and income to the top one percent. Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in … [Read more...]

Consider this, from the NYT: In Texas, gun owners can legally and openly carry what are known as long guns, including shotguns and rifles. The carrying of handguns is regulated in Texas and requires a state-issued permit, whether … [Read more...]

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Onion: Crowd At Trump Rally Realizes They’ve Been Chanting ‘We Are Frightened And Helpless’ For Last Half Hour TAMPA, FL—Saying they had been so swept up in the excitement of the moment that they hadn’t been paying attention to what … [Read more...]

In which the author spends an afternoon he will never get back at a Trump rally in Sacramento, and files the following intriguing report for the Guardian. Among other points, he explains the baseball hat as a shield for Trump's baldness and … [Read more...]

Will the GOP be wise enough to listen to this veteran of three Republican administrations and Romney-Ryan advisor? Probably not. NYT Op-Ed: Consider this historical comparison: In 1956 the Republican nominee, Dwight D. Eisenhower, won … [Read more...]