Category Archives: SCOTUS

“What the world needs now, is…”

Lawyers. Very very smart lawyers. Very very smart lawyers in Congress because, you know, it’s legislators who write the laws to advance policies and seal up holes in our foundation, and the people who know how to do that are … Continue reading

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Confused about SNAP? Here’s why

From Harper’s Weekly Review: The Trump Administration said it was sending states money to fully fund SNAP benefits for nearly 42 million Americans on the same day that the Supreme Court temporarily upheld the administration’s prior request to block said … Continue reading

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I’m reading about Hitler’s intelligence agencies. Can’t imagine why

Re-reading, actually, the exhaustive history of Hitler’s intelligence operations, Hitler’s Spies: German Military Intelligence In World War II, by David Kahn. Exhaustive it may be, but Kahn was such a terrific storyteller the book reads like the complex thriller it … Continue reading

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