I can’t believe what I’m saying here, but Stephen Colbert miscalculated. Of the abominable act of sending children to chain-link big-box jails at the border, he said: “Either you could be horrified or you could be working for Donald Trump.” It was unclear if in his calculation Colbert considers Fox News personnel to be salaried…
Crossing the street on foot the other day, a terrible thought crossed my mind. It was a vision, actually: of my offspring broiling in a remote tent city under the blazing Southwest sun at the behest of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. You see, I was committing a crime at the time — jaywalking. Sure, it’s…
The explosion didn’t destroy the small Texas town of West. It only took out 120 of its homes, its nursing home and three of its schools. Add to that tally the deaths of 15, including 12 first-responders who showed up to a fire alarm, not knowing they were about to be vaporized. More than 150…
John Dean famously warned Richard Nixon of a “cancer on the presidency.” The diagnosis today would be that the presidency has a tapeworm. That would seem to be assessment of Adam Serwer, senior editor of The Atlantic. He writes to empathize with those flustered as they attempt to connect the dots between the varied outrages…