A Chinese Exclusion-era fiction, buried by the Supreme Court in 1898, has resurfaced 128 years later and came within one vote of winning this week in Barbara v. Trump. For anyone who wishes we could impeach the four horsemen of the Fourteenth Amendment debacle (raises hand), we must put that response to rest: none of […]
A defunded marketing agency and a stack of new visa rules have turned America’s World Cup into everyone else’s windfall. Would you excise something from your portfolio that was earning $24 for every dollar you had invested? Neither would I, but that’s what the GOP did the summer of 2025 when they slashed the Brand […]
On Wednesday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) made public a brief letter he sent to the director of the CIA. Consensus among those who cover intelligence services is that Sen. Wyden wanted it on the record that he has “deep concerns about CIA activities.” It’s known to civil libertarians as a warning: ‘Watch this space closely […]