Every time I see another poll claiming Americans are becoming less patriotic, I have to wonder if they accidentally surveyed the entire Jezebel newsroom. Then I read Jezebel's latest piece about the Great American State…
There are plenty of countries with provinces, regions, or administrative districts. America has states. That distinction matters because the Founders never intended for every important decision to come from one capital city. They built a…
Every now and then I write something over at Victory Girls that I think deserves a second audience. This is one of those pieces. The headlines are focused on the Democratic Socialists of America's latest…
Another Friday. Another batch of headlines that make you wonder whether anyone is actually in charge anymore. This week gave us classified documents, media meltdowns, royal fortunes, geography lessons nobody asked for, and a soccer…
Michelle Obama says she doesn't want to run for president, and she has been remarkably consistent about it. Normally, I'd leave it there, except politicians have a funny habit of insisting they're not running until…
Sometimes I wonder if we're all reading different newspapers. Spend five minutes watching the evening news, then spend ten minutes reading Reduxx. You'll come away convinced you're living in two different countries. One world is…
When Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race, plenty of people treated it as a one-off event. Some assumed voters were simply frustrated with the status quo, while others saw it as a…
The panic merchants at Jezebel have discovered the latest constitutional crisis. No, it isn't inflation. It isn't the national debt. It isn't China's growing influence, political violence, or the fact that Congress somehow manages to…
As America approaches its 250th birthday, it seems like a good time to revisit one of the most remarkable numbers in American history: 27. That is how many times Americans have amended the Constitution since…
Every week I sit down to assemble Side-Eye Friday and wonder if the news cycle might finally calm down. Every week the news cycle responds by handing me material that sounds like it was generated…
