It’s official, the U.S. Supreme Court is now an arm of the Republican Party. The circus hearings and whitewash investigation that the GOP held abandoned all pretense of nonpartisan neutrality, as did the nominee himself, “Blackout” Brett Kavanaugh. Even once he dons the black robes and mounts the bench of the highest court in the […]

The nasty rancor that marked the last legislative session has spawned candidates who want to go to Augusta to bridge the partisan gap. Longtime legislators say this past session was the worst in recent memory. Angry recrimination marked a seemingly endless session, scheduled to end in April but lasting into September. The rancor was stoked […]

Some people (by which I mean me) have always thought Republican gubernatorial candidate and car-repair magnate Shawn Moody was a clueless boob when it came to figuring out how state government operates. But to my surprise, a recently declassified document from a nonexistent source shows that Moody has developed a stunningly original approach to dealing […]

On Tuesday, as we stumble through the Jumble in the newspaper and eat our oatmeal at the dining room table, my husband says, “I booked an appointment with that new physical therapist. Friday at 9:30.” His words reach me. I hear him. I say, “PT. Yay. So you’ll change your pickle ball schedule?” On Wednesday, […]