I was a philosophy major as an undergrad. Philosophy as a college major gets a fair bit of abuse, a lot of it deserved, but as a topic or an area of interest, it’s actually very valuable. Being a philosophy major taught me two things in particular: thinking — serious, useful thinking — is a

President Donald Trump greets Chinese Vice Premier Liu He after signing phase one of the U.S.-China trade agreement in the East Room of the White House, January 15, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) China announced Thursday that it will cut existing tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods in half as part of the Phase One

The Donald Trump White House put out a photograph of the president’s task force on the coronavirus. CNN promptly showed its displeasure, not with the task force’s effort, but with its racial composition. There was insufficient “diversity” in the photo. In a piece called “Coronavirus Task Force Another Example of Trump Administration’s Lack of Diversity,”

Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter attend an NCAA basketball game in Washington, D.C., January 30, 2010. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Just after the Senate voted to acquit President Trump on the two articles of impeachment against him, Senate Republicans announced Wednesday that they have requested Hunter Biden’s official travel records from the Secret Service.

This is a quick rant about the guy who makes every Republican wish that they could have their 2012 presidential vote back. This won’t be the last time that Willard knifes his own party in the back. He is being guided by the spirit of Maverick McCain now, so his priority will always be taking

Great, giant gobs of cash and a year’s worth of hard work by activists, campaigns, and candidates were flushed down the toilet last night. Technocrat reformers, in trying to “fix” the Iowa caucus, have instead probably destroyed it forever. Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez saw fit to begin bragging … Read More

I’d guess that the most common kind of news article out of Washington would be an article reporting something breathless that was leaked to the reporter by an anonymous source. This is usually gussied up with frills and flounces, like “a source close to the Administration” or “a source with knowledge of the situation”. I’m

Rep. Jerry Nadler speaks during a news conference in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler said that House Democrats are “likely” to continue investigating President Trump’s conduct vis-a-vis Ukraine by subpoenaing  former national security adviser John Bolton, even after the president’s expected acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial

U-S-A! U-S-A! The first two Briefings of this week led with how well things were going for President Trump and the Republicans these past couple of days and it looks like we may have a theme for the week going here. President Trump headed into his re-election year State of the Union address buoyed by

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., February 4, 2020. (Leah Millis/Pool/via Reuters) President Trump touted his commitment to combating illegal immigration during the State of the Union address on Tuesday, and attacked Democrats for supporting sanctuary policies that