Early voting in Franklin County, Ohio: quick, easy, and confidence-inspiring
I voted today. I could not be happier with how things went. Despite a massive spike in early voting, the Franklin County Board of Elections had the man-and-woman power, the resources, and the technology in place to deal with it. It should be like that everywhere.
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The Proud Boys come to New Albany
My first-hand report of the Proud Boys march through New Albany, Ohio on October 3, 2020. If this group of drunk-ass losers is the best the far right has, the far right is in deep trouble.
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The Pandemic Diary: Trump has COVID
One can make the abject denial of the need for health and safety protocols a plank in one’s political platform, but viruses do not care about such things.
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Will the New York Times’ Trump tax bombshell break the MAGA fever?
A bombshell report reveals that Trump is a financial fraud and is probably a tax cheat. Will it matter?
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The future is about power. Nothing else.
There is nothing that can be done to prevent Trump from appointing a new justice. But there is something that can be done after that. If Democrats have the guts to do it. It’s all about power.
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The Pandemic Diary: Woodward and Trump
Irony defined: Bob Woodward’s final major act on the public stage could very well be one in which he argues that, when it came to tapes incriminating the President of the United States, it was the right thing to conceal them rather than to release them.
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“Medallion Status” and waking up from a comfortable sleep
This is a book review. And more.
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Announcing: Cup of Coffee
I am launching a new daily newsletter that will give you a quick, entertaining, and informative one-stop daily baseball briefing before you have your first cup of coffee.
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I got laid off, y’all
As most people know by now, earlier this week NBCUniversal launched a massive round of layoffs that are expected to affect 10% of the company’s 35,000 full-time staffers. The cuts are coming from across the board and include the broadcast networks it operates, Universal Studios and the Universal Studios theme parks, and its digital properties. […]
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“How the pandemic defeated America”
A must-read piece in The Atlantic thoroughly and comprehensively explains all of the ways in which America has failed.
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