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On Monday the United Auto Workers completed a clean sweep of wins over the big three U.S. auto companies when GM followed Ford and Stellanti...

Almost two weeks ago, voters in Poland unexpectedly used democratic means to stymie, at least temporarily, an illiberal populist turn in tha...

  I have seen more dramatic seasons of the turning leaves, but this island is not, usually, about natural drama. This bit of New England is ...

Erudite Partner is at it again, dissecting the condition our condition is in: Sometimes the right wing in this country seems like a riddle w...

I thought I was getting over the cold I picked up two weeks ago in Managua, but apparently not. An overnight JetBlue flight that was the tem...

Benjamin Wittes edits Lawfare for the Brookings Institution. In the context of exploring Strategy, Law, and Morality in Israel’s Gaza Opera...

Living with Mio and Janeway, it's easy to get obsessed with their antics and their demands. Mostly for more food. The vet says Mio shoul...

The right wing in our politics wants to say there's something weak and senile about the president we've got. Come on, folks -- a guy...

I'm a purist. October 15 is too early for Xmas decorations to take over Costco. Give me another month with pumpkins and goblins and Than...

What you are seeing here is what the area of Gaza looks like superimposed on New York City. Click to enlarge. Adam Tooze thought we might b...

Revenge Is Like Drinking Poison And Waiting For The Other Person To Die. Nelson Mandela Professor Peter Beinart, a Jewish activist and hones...

Since news broke of the Hamas atrocities done to the people of southern Israel, there have been mutterings -- "it's just like 9/11 ...

I'm on the fifth day of a nasty cold (not covid, per tests) and blogging that requires a brain seems unimaginable.  So I won't try. ...

  Janeway seems to wonder - "what's going on out there?" Sometimes Mio uses his bulk to enforce bath time. Janeway looks a cro...

Somebody on Xitter liberated this article from behind the paywall at the Israeli newspaper Haaretz . I am going to pass it along intact here...

I guess we have to do this a little longer. The enemies of sex and gender diversity are on the march again, so let's remind them "w...

The Nicaraguan town of Comoapa is only a couple of hours drive from the capital city of Managua, but you don't have to look far to see t...

The airport Best Western hotel is a nice spot in an afternoon thunderstorm.  Rain chatters on the tin roofs and tile floors are unharmed by ...

As a consequence of the Republican clown show in the House of Representatives, this sensible woman is now third in line for the presidency. ...

This is too good not to share. The New York Times' polling geek Nate Cohn responded to a reader email: I’m 79, and women my age remembe...