Jonathan Chait correctly informs us that "Donald Trump Was Never Vetted" yet manages to completely miss the most fundamental reason why this happened: Everyone assumed Hillary was going to win so no one bothered. To be fair to Chait, this was not the only reason and he does an ...read more

In an extraordinary piece for the National Review, right wing Youtube star Ben Shapiro made the amazing claim that conservatives are better than liberals at self-policing their crazies. This may come as a surprise to those who have closely observed the Republican Party morph ...read more

A few days ago, Jonathan Chait dug into the mystery of why so many on the fringe left like Glenn Greenwald refuse to believe Russia successfully waged cyberwarfare against us: The purest form of this sentiment on the far left is a vein of attacks that are almost indistinguishable ...read more