Courts and Law

5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (265+ words) Democrats apparently love to use Post-it reminders to keep themselves grounded in political realities. Or maybe this is just a thing they did once when Bill Clinton was running for president—“it’s the economy, stupid”—and I overgeneralized. In either…...

10+ hour, 22+ min ago   (842+ words) Corporate leaders say they should be shielded from congressional inquiries because they had no alternative but to collaborate with the Trump administration. History says otherwise. Congressional Democrats pondering how to hold Trump collaborators should consult the work of Hannah Arendt,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (550+ words) The hybrid government has finally decided to kick the chessboard and start playing solitaire. Nothing new or surprising. The cast of characters keeps changing but the sordid script remains frustratingly unchanged. Welcome to Fatherland! But wait. I am not about…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1347+ words) There are, broadly speaking, two ways of making one's way through the world. One is to work hard, respect the rules … The Predatory Nature of Power: Impunity, Innocence, and the Business of Domination There are, broadly speaking, two ways of…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (139+ words) The News-Enterprise Behind this election’s dominant issue of affordability lies the record concentration of wealth at the top of America The richest 0.001% of Americans — a handful of extraordinarily wealthy men — now control more of…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (962+ words) First published October 5, 2026, on the America Can We Talk Substack. City Council members in Texas (and presumably in most American cities) take an oath of office to “… preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (240+ words) Mujhse ladne ki himmat to kar loge, par mere jaisa kaminepan kahan se laoge?" ​"You can find the courage to fight me, but where will you match my level of malice?" — China Gate (1998) ​This dialogue rings 100% true to my lifetime…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (486+ words) The National Association of Seadogs Pyrates Confraternity, Rainbow Deck, Effurun, in Uvwie in Delta State, has condemned voter manipulation and called for stronger electoral laws, responsible governance and improved living conditions for Nigerians. The group made the call at its…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (365+ words) Episode 3059: Greg Steinmetz on FDR’s Vendetta Against Andrew Mellon The President and the Oligarch The retired money manager Greg Steinmetz has now written three books about very rich men. The first, The Richest Man Who Ever Lived, was about the…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (323+ words) The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has insisted that political parties and citizens have the right to independently collect, collate and share election results ahead of the 2027 general elections, despite a warning by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against the…...