FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 23 - The Untold Story

America has a Trump generation problem

The growing and existential danger has not been met by the media — and it won't be before the election

Salon · Dec 20, 2023

Republicans' shifting excuses jeopardize aid for war-torn Ukraine

In a fascinating piece for The Atlantic, David Frum explores the GOP's changing excuses for abandoning Ukraine, attributing it to their loyalty to Trump.

Top News · Dec 19, 2023

“It was down to Slash and C.C. DeVille – I don’t even think they even tried anybody else out. They wanted to go in a glammier direction, and C.C. fit that style”: Matt Smith was Poison’s original guitarist – and helped to choose his successor

Inspired to pick up the guitar by Aerosmith, Poison’s original Strat-wielder answered an ad that read, ‘Theatrical band looking for a guitar player.’ But after the group moved to L.A., things didn’t work out the way he planned

Guitar World · Dec 18, 2023

Hafta letters: Hamas-Israel, balancing acts, Jayashree’s rants, air pollution

I am the person who sent in the Atlantic article as a letter. Disappointed that other aspects of my letter weren’t engaged with and some misconceptions were doubled down on.

Newslaundry · Dec 2, 2023

Writing instructors are less afraid of students cheating with ChatGPT than you might think

When ChatGPT launched a year ago, headlines flooded the internet about fears of student cheating. A pair of essays in The Atlantic decried “the end of high-school English” and the death of the college essay.“ NPR informed readers that ”everybody is cheating.“

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2023

"When we signed to a major, one guy wrote to tell us he hoped we died in a firey van accident": Your ultimate guide to every Jawbox album in the band's own words

J. Robbins takes us on a scuzzy, back-of-the-van tour through the Jawbox back catalogue, from their Dischord incubation up to the major label years

Louder · Nov 15, 2023

The Abundance Agenda Promises Everything to Everyone All at Once

Some progressives want to remove bureaucratic obstacles to growth—in the service of Democrats and big government.

Reason · Nov 12, 2023

Peter Thiel won’t fund any 2024 races after backing Trump in 2016: ‘It was crazier than I thought’

Thiel says in an interview that Trump had called him earlier this year to solicit $10m and that he turned down the request

The Guardian - US · Nov 10, 2023

A capitalist cheerleader wrote the US’s hottest new self-help book. Surprised?

Arthur Brooks spent years advocating cuts to the social safety net. Now, with the help of Oprah, NPR and the Atlantic, he’s teaching Americans to be happy

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2023

Trump claims he ‘couldn’t stand’ John Kelly and ‘fired him like a dog’

‘John Kelly, by far the dumbest of my Military people, just picked up the theme of the Radical Left’s lying about Gold Star Families and Soldiers, in his hatred of me,’ Trump rants on Truth Social

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023