China Telecom's Internet Traffic Misdirection A potentially major cyberwarfare story broke yesterday in the midst of the usual din of Trumpist outrage (emphasis mine): China Telecom, the large international communications carrier with … [Read more...]

The time has come, the day is here. An open thread for the 2018 midterm elections. … [Read more...]

In this morning's New York Times, Paul Krugman clearly says what needs to be said — the GOP is "A party defined by its lies. At this point, good people can't be good Republicans." The column is well worth the read, especially as it … [Read more...]

Spirit Lake officials inspecting address rolls Today's New York Times reports a real, immediate, and actual attack on every Native American resident of North Dakota. This is yet another example of the GOP using the non-existent … [Read more...]

Updated — see below I feel compelled to write this piece because so much of the commentary here at BMG reflects a profound misunderstanding of the theology and resulting worldview of the Trumpist evangelical right wing. I refer … [Read more...]

Today's decision by Susan Collins and Joe Manchin to vote in favor of the Brett Kavanaugh nomination demonstrates why people such as my adult children check out of politics. It is very hard to answer my youngest son, now 25, who argues that … [Read more...]