by Michael Hiltzik After years of largely theoretical discussion among Democrats, the idea of a billionaires tax has now become official policy. Kudos to President Joe Biden […]
Opinion
Dealing with the Iranian devil
When one sits down to make a deal with the devil, it is the devil who usually wins. That’s because he is “crafty,” as the book of […]
SEC weighs in on companies and climate change risk
The Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing whether to require public companies to disclose climate change vulnerabilities that might affect their future stock performance. Debate is raging […]
Speaking Russian doesn’t make me a supporter of Putin’s war
by Ruth Madievsky While celebrating Purim with my family last week, I learned that our friend Daniel Lerman’s business has received 20-30 threatening calls and emails a […]
How 90s Con helped me understand 90s nostalgia
by Rider Strong I was onstage, the pressure mounting. Across from me, Melissa Joan Hart, star of “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” glared, willing me to fail. Finally, […]
In Miami, Albright was the beloved ‘Madame Cojones’
Yes, we’re pretty sure Madeleine Albright’s were brass, and they earned her the name “Madame Cojones.” It was a fitting nickname for Albright, who died last Wednesday […]
The hollowness of the child porn smear
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been bold and prescient by Emily Horowitz Soon after her nomination, it was reported that as a law student in 1996, Judge Ketanji […]
Hunter’s laptop finally gets some light
by Nolan Finley The saying “People have the right to their own opinion but not to their own facts” is a quick and smug way to shut […]
Women in history
There’s a tongue-in-cheek joke that occasionally circulates on the internet: What did Watson and Crick discover? Rosalind Franklin’s notes. Franklin’s work in physical chemistry and X-ray diffraction […]
March 27 letters to the editor
Other towns regret allowing ‘data centers’ Thanks to The Dominion Post for recent editorials and articles regarding the proposed bitcoin mining facility in the Morgantown Industrial Park. […]
