I don’t care what’s next for Donald Trump. I don’t want to think about him at all — Donald Trump blocked me on Twitter in 2013. Well, I think that’s when it happened. Trump was talking smack about Jon Stewart, who then encouraged his legions of followers to start tweeting about Trump with the hashtag “F*ckFaceVonClownstick.” I obliged. It was a throwaway tweet but sometimes people still find…

Because we can't time travel to whatever day the results will be finalized — Election night is coming. For everyone who cares about the outcome of the election, the night looms ahead like a cross between the Super Bowl, the Oscars, and an illegal cockfight. It’s going to big, it’s going to be close, and it is probably going to be bloody and nasty. …

I know get-out-the-vote texts are annoying but I don’t care — Hi! I’m the person who has sent you a text from a political campaign. I’ve been joining text banks every week since September because I really, really, REALLY want a new president elected. Doing voter outreach is my way of being part of the solution. I’ve noticed that as we…

If only hiring managers loved working mothers the way Senate Republicans love Judge Barrett and her kids — For two weeks now, I have heard Republicans talk about motherhood. Not motherhood in general. The very specific motherhood of Amy Coney Barrett. Her confirmation hearings were a pep rally for parenthood. …

We need more than just a couple of liberal Justices — There is a lot of talk about “court-packing” by adding seats to the Supreme Court. That sounds like a good, quick solution to the problem of an overly conservative judiciary, but it’s not enough, in my opinion. …

If the ACA is struck down, pre-existing conditions will make getting insurance harder. And nearly everyone has a pre-existing condition. — Last week, Americans watched Donald Trump get bespoke medical treatment for covid-19. The president is entitled to personalized, world-class care at taxpayer expense and he took full advantage of the privilege. But millions of other covid survivors got a radically different kind of care — if they got care at…

These are the books that I couldn’t stop thinking about — You know when you read a book so good that, when it ends, you can’t bring yourself to start a new book? You keep thinking about the characters and the story and wondering what would happen next if the author hadn’t been so inconsiderate as to stop writing. …

POLITICS Are You Ready For Life After Obamacare? What Americans should do to protect their insurance access On November 20, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about the validity of the Affordable Care Act. The basics of the lawsuit have been hashed over ad nauseum and you can read good analysis from many good scholars on the issue. What they aren’t telling you is what to…

Why Mystery Novels Are Perfect Pandemic Reading — At the beginning of the pandemic, everyone I know was searching for ways to escape reality. Video games, Netflix series, and tenderly coaxing sourdough starters to life were all popular pursuits. I turned, as I always do, to books. …