Kind: Reads

This week (Feb 10–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb 13. Next are Melbourne (Feb 14), Sydney…

The GOP race so far not only turns Michelle Obama’s high-minded advice on its head, it gives new life and meaning to the phrase "punching down."

How Rep. Maxwell Frost is treating GOP hearings like theater of the absurd.

Recently, megastar creator MrBeast posted a video to his YouTube in which he spotlights numerous blind and visually impaired people who have undergone a surgical procedure that “cures” their blindness. As of this writing, the video has been viewed more than 76 million times, and the responses have been visceral in both praise and contempt. For […]

Just when Beth and Kyle Long received the worst news of their life, an Ohio law made their searing pain even worse.

A federal court has ruled that a law barring domestic-violence offenders from owning firearms is unconstitutional.

Plus Tim Miller eviscerates the DeSantis Soft Boys

How one cranky Florida man caught the ear of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson — with fart jokes

This morning I talk about how I still love the Harry Potter series but that I won't be playing Hogwarts Legacy.

Starting to think some of the Free Speech Brigade don't actually care about "free speech"

In claiming that the Trump-Russia story was nothing more than a sensation-driven media witch hunt, the revisionists downplay and distort a very ugly story.

What the conservative judicial icon can teach the GOP weaponization subcommittee—and Democrats—about the separation of powers.

Groomer slander for thee, but not for me.

Flags, idols, culture wars, and crazies

House Oversight Committee Wanted To Berate Twitter’s Old Management Over Hunter Biden’s Laptop; Instead, It Revealed Trump Censorship Attempts by Mike Masnick

I have a confession. While yesterday the House Oversight Committee took up six hours (sorta, as there was a big power outage in the middle) wasting everyone’s time with a hearing on “Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story,” I chose not to watch it in real-time. Instead, afterwards I went back and watched […]

Inside Twitter 2.0, turmoil leaves employees stretched to the max

Twitter users report that they can't tweet.

SOTU 2023: Biden vs. the Trolls

Twitter contrarians—given the spotlight by Elon Musk—distort an interview by Israel’s ex-PM.

The president defends his record and makes his case for re-election.