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If Donald Trump was trying to make corruption charges stick on Biden (the media's refusal...

It's the second presidential debate!  And here are my comments, live-blog style.  Scroll down to...

Yes, "science" in scare-quotes, because of two events which concern public understanding of science, or...

Are you watching the hearings?  Here's a rant.  Some of this I've likely said before...

You know, it started out being funny, watching the debate turn into a shouting match....

Will you get vaccinated against covid? According to a variety of polling data, Americans aren't...

Warning - this is long.  I won't take offense if you skip to the bottom,...

Three items: First, Cycle Thresholds. In the New York Times this past weekend: "Your Coronavirus...

Let's start with the fact that I'm going to assume you've been following the case...

You know what I mean: the claims by the Left that the federal government is,...

I have a stake in this, of course.  My youngest son was born in Germany....

Let's start with the fact that I've written on the topic of schools re-opening during...

This has been bothering me for a while, and yet I've hesitated to write about...

In the news last night:  "Chicago-Area Leaders Call for Illinois to Abolish History Classes." Here...

Featured on NBC News on Tuesday:  "Rep. Jayapal asks that her name be properly pronounced...

My husband is German.  Well, as of two years ago, he is also American, but...

Will Joe Biden govern as the moderate that he presented himself as?  Or will he...

So I'm working my way through Amity Shlaes' The Forgotten Man: A New History of...

"Freedom," Winston writes in George Orwell's 1984, "is the freedom to say that two plus...

Hey, everyone -- the article below might seem outdated, but I had been shopping it...

Chicago is, its civic leaders worry, a place of deep income divides -- from deeply...

Sometimes I write about politics. Sometimes I have things I want to say that I...

Should a man who: was a member of the Nazi party, pressured ghetto-confined Jews to...

Remember when Pluto was demoted from planetary status and given the name "dwarf planet," confusing...

One Cupich. Two weeks ago, Cardinal Blase Cupich announced that the Catholic schools of the...

Here’s a bit of an anecdote from the life of Jane the Actuary: I own...

Have you had to write goals as a part of your company's performance review process? ...

Author Megan McArdle is fond of saying, "the existence of a problem does not imply...

Yes, I reveal my age. Reader, imagine that I was a very precocious child, rather...

If I had a nickel for every time I've seen a pseudo-inspirational report of someone...