Category: General

For a political press hopelessly addicted to speculation about the next big election, there are precious few data points to obsess over during the first year of a president’s term. New York City elects a mayor during this off-off-year, but it’s an election that’s typically too chaotic and too particular to really tell us much…

Of all the images coming out of the current strike wave—the motorcycle club joining the Kellogg’s picket line, New York City taxi drivers shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge—the apparent chaos at the John Deere plants is among the most viscerally satisfying. Last week, more than 10,000 workers across 14 plants went on strike after rejecting…

Men crowd over a cricket fight in Beijing in September. Competitive cricket fights are believed to have been held for more than 1,000 years in China. Yufan Lu for NPR hide caption toggle caption Yufan Lu for NPR Men crowd over a cricket fight in Beijing in September. Competitive cricket fights are believed to have…

ISTANBUL — Turkish opposition parties are presenting an increasingly united and organized front aimed at replacing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and even forcing early elections in the coming year to challenge his 19-year rule.As they negotiate a broad alliance among themselves, the leaders of six opposition parties appear to have agreed on turning the next…

It sounds like Joe Biden is doing all he can today to persuade Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). Biden had Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to his home in Delaware today. Yes, Biden’s there once again — for the 25th time since taking office. This may be one of the few times we’ve…

OK lemme first say, Oh HELL, yeah. Time to rise up, left-handers! As a life-long, put-upon left-hander who has been forced to endure life in a right-hand-dominated world — except for lefty Babe Ruth, of course, but he’s long gone — I’m all over this “right-handed privilege” injustice like Michael Moore pouncing on a sack…

We reported earlier on how Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe has to keep getting reminded by mainstream media reporters – including those from CNN of all places – that he is, in fact, running against Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin and not former President Donald Trump who, last I checked, was not anywhere on the…

How much trouble is Terry McAuliffe in with his race for governor in Virginia? When they have to pull Barack Obama off the bench, you know they must be in trouble. McAuliffe is neck and neck with Republican Glenn Youngkin, according to the polls. Obama’s new remarks are typical divisive and pedantic Obama and reminded…

Going back to the 2020 presidential campaign, right-leaning media has been well ahead of the curve in asking serious questions about President Joe Biden’s mental health. As his presidential term has aged, things have only gotten worse, with numerous scenes of confusion and anger taking place. Just days ago, the president appeared to forget where…

With the Atlanta Braves clinching a spot in the World Series against the Houston Astros, Georga Gov. Brian Kemp couldn’t resist taking a shot at Major League Baseball for moving the All-Star Game to Denver this summer to protest the state’s new voting law.“While Stacey Abrams and the MLB stole the All-Star Game from hardworking…