The root of this problem (no pun intended) is (to paraphrase Orwell) that all people are equal, but some people are more equal than others. Many definitely-not-racist (white) people like diversity and equality, but they also like the structures that they’ve created that perpetuate inequality. They still want to be…

How does it feel when you’re serving your country in Iraq, and instead of dealing with some old person who’s experienced and respected, you have to deal with a guy whose only qualification (or the only reason he’s there) is that he’s banging the president’s daughter?

How does someone like Chris Christie get appointed to “fix” the opiate crisis? Before being a shitty Governor or NJ, he was appointed to US Attorney for the State of NJ as a political favor (he was not qualified), and before that was a lawyer. Perhaps someone more qualified might be an expert in public health or…

Liberal paternalism at its well-intentioned worst. Maybe instead of holding students’ earned diplomas hostage, they should find a way for Chicago schools to devote time (instead of some dumb assembly) to getting all 12th graders to fill out applications, with help from their teachers. I’m sure that would get the rate…

To the extent that she’s willing to argue with (and be heard by) her father to try to push back against the horrible shit he wants to do (heavily influenced by Bannon, Sessions & Miller) that’s great. I mean, I guess it’s better than not having someone who isn’t completely batshit crazy.

I saw, but so far it looks like it’s 4 (interestingly, 3 republicans and 1 democrat) congressmen, all from states that have already legalized recreational cannabis. It’s a start, but there’s a long way to go until they’ll have the votes needed in the house or senate.

I don’t disagree that commercialization has to happen for the whole thing to work, I just think it needs to be done in the right way and with the right rules, and maybe doesn’t have to come at the same time that possession of small amounts is legalized. There should probably be limits on the number of stores any one…

Not to let the Chief off the hook, but one of the big problems here is that the Chief (here or anywhere) is even responsible for making these calls. If he doesn’t punish and condemn the officer, he’s (rightfully) got a shitstorm to deal with from the people he’s sworn to protect, and the press. If he does punish the…

Save your time on criminal charges for the officer—ain’t gonna happen. I fully understand that he committed perjury, testifying to several provably false things while under oath, and he should face criminal charges for that, but he won’t. As for the other criminal charges for his conduct while in the field—good luck…

Generally, anybody can be sued for anything, and that’s not changing.

Legalization at the Federal level has been just barely out of reach since the Carter administration, and enjoys even more support today, but it seems like no one wants to be the person who actually introduces or sponsors the bill that removes it from the Controlled Substances Act. This is the most important step that…

According to this year’s election results, white people are stupid and lazy. They overwhelmingly voted for the angry creamsicle man who constantly lied about everything (and got caught most of the time, but they didn’t care) and said he’d solve all of their problems so they didn’t have to.

Bad news for Napolitano if Trump “opens up the libel laws” and makes it easier to win big money when a media outlet says untrue/slanderous things about a public figure like President Obama... And unless Napolitano somehow had access to highly-classified GCHQ information, the information allegedly presented to him by…

I keep imagining that on the podium at which Spicer stands, there’s an index card with four approved responses to most questions:

There’s no modern precedent for an adult child AS the President either, but here we are...

Ryan is pure smarm. Neither he nor his policies are serious, and he comes from the wrong state and district to be doing the bidding of the country’s wealthiest. He can’t deliver a “win” for his party, and he’s not delivering for his constituents. Tick tock, Mr. Ryan, tick tock.

Maybe everybody ought to get a bill from federal and state government at the end of every year showing them how many state and federal programs they benefitted from. It seems like a lot of people who complain about the benefits others receive (especially groups they feel are “undeserving”, although I don’t imagine…

Can we get a definitive ranking of “most racist cities in America”? For some reason, it’s like the one listicle that Buzzfeed just won’t do (and wouldn’t do properly, even if they did). I’m sure there are some cities in Trump’s Amerika that would be proud to be included on such a list.

As much as Tomi Lahren bothers me, and as much as I take issue with most of her other beliefs, I will give her credit for sticking to her guns in this situation. It would have been a lot easier for her to capitulate and say that she’d changed her mind. Instead, she’s exposed the free-speech hypocrisy at The Blaze…

I can’t help but wonder if this was the plan all along: instead of drafting something in the White House that would incorporate the economic populism that he was elected on, he lets Paul Ryan and the establishment wing of the Republican party draft some Randian nonsense bill that is, in reality, a massive tax-cut for…