April 14, 2025 “You are democracy defenders. You are patriots. Dissent is patriotic.” – Rep Ayanna Pressley at the April 5 Hands Off Rally. Photo of a large ACLU red sign that says “Dissent is Patriotic.” Taken by the author on April 5, 2025, at the Hands Off! rally in Boston. I started to write…
Yves here. The fact that antidepressants loom so large in our collective discourse says that there is something wrong with society. That is not to say that a lot of people do not benefit from them. But even before how people are being treated, look at some raw figures from Statista: These results are significantly…
Corporal punishment refers most frequently to hitting children but can refer to any punishments inflicted by parents, caregivers or teachers which are intended to cause some degree of discomfort. It can happen in the home or in more public settings like the school classroom. But wherever it happens, this sort of punishment has wide-ranging effects,…
Sherry Oak Cask Series. (BOWMORE) In a documentary on Raf Simons’ debut at Dior, the then newly-appointed creative director consistently peppers one word throughout the 89-minute runtime: sublime. It’s been over a decade and it strangely haunts me to this day. Maybe it’s a lack of vocabulary (man’s a designer, not a wordsmith), but it’s still an…
Today we present a guest post written by Matías Scaglione of the data science and economic consulting firm Motio Research. On August 7, 2025, Stephen Moore, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, presented monthly household income figures at the White House alongside President Trump (video; charts). Moore described the data as “never seen before,” claimed…
Jon Wiener: From The Nation Magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. Later in the show: It’s time to take a step back from the daily barrage of bad news to look at the big picture of the strategy Trump has been following: David Cole will explain how he’s exploited the power of…
By Stefanos Michelakakis and Alexandros Sainidis As it is New Year’s Eve and everyone is reading to brainstorm their New Year’s resolutions and think back about what happened this year, we decided to map out some developments in 2024 and try to think how they will continue to evolve in 2025. 🪂 If you want…
A report in the Financial Times indicates that Mexico is in the process of eliminating the checks and balances in its political system: But the bills passed in the past two weeks ultimately implement key elements of the former president’s agenda, including eliminating autonomous regulators and replacing them with ones under greater central government…
Members of the D.C. National Guard patrol outside Union Station as a storm approaches in Washington on August 17, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images A National Guard military vehicle crashed into a car in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, injuring the driver. The incident comes…
Pamela Anderson is more than an icon—she’s a force of reinvention. From her breakout role on Baywatch to her fearless activism, memoirs, and her recent appearance in The Naked Gun, Anderson has continually shaped pop culture on her own terms. A longtime plant-based lifestyle advocate, devoted gardener, and animal rights champion, she now brings that…