This is one of my favorite Dave Chapelle bits from his Killing Them Softly special. I implore you to take the time to watch the whole 9 minutes if you have not. It illuminates police brutality literally in black and white: During a speech he gave at...
White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci is out after 11 whole days in office. It comes days after “The Mooch” unloaded on former chief of staff Reince Priebus and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon in an expletive-laden rant to New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza. This isn’t about Anthony...
In his 2008 campaign, Barack Obama ran on changing healthcare. Why would the public have been receptive to that? Because healthcare sucked before 2010. Prateek Agarwal documents healthcare before ACA. Pre-ACA Pre-ACA, there were three types of private health insurance markets, all regulated by the state: large groups,...
David French explains: There are some “conservatives” who measure success merely by the volume of “liberal tears” spilled on Twitter, and by that measure Trump is a smashing success, but infuriating opponents while alienating the persuadable middle is a poor way to build a political coalition or to prevail...
In >The Nordic Model: Embracing Globalization and Sharing Risks the authors describe the Nordic Model: There is indeed a social and economic system that can usefully be referred to as the Nordic model. Obviously, there are important differences between the economies and policies of the Nordic countries. (The Nordic...
Popular beliefs, and comforting ones for those who want to ignore the perils of fighting white supremacy, are that Colin Kaepernick is not on an NFL roster because he’d be a distraction, doesn’t care about football, doesn’t even want to play football, is not a good player, and hasn’t...
It’s always tragic when someone dies in the custody and care of the state. “Obey the law and this wouldn’t happen” seems to be the popular response to outrage from these deaths. Yet, many of these same people voice outrage over the death of Otto Warmbier. Why? Otto...
I’m an unabashed Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton supporter. I support comprehensive free trade including both NAFTA and TPP. I believe that immigration should virtually be unfettered and not limited to “make things easier for Americans”. Finally, I am certainly not opposed to investment from businesses and the wealthy...
The Puerto Rican Day Parade is the largest gathering of Puerto Ricans in the United States. This year, the parade organizers honored Oscar Lopez Rivera. In 1981, López Rivera was convicted on federal charges including seditious conspiracy—conspiring to oppose U.S. authority over Puerto Rico. In 1999, President Bill...
The Legal Information institute at Cornell Law School points out obstruction of justice is defined in the omnibus clause of 18 U.S.C. § 1503, which provides that “whoever . . . . corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes,...