You don't often think of Coolidge as a particularly quotable president, but he had his moments.

‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios

There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...

How the U.S. Is Trying to Ensure the Dollar’s Dominance During Economic Turmoil www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/b...

Proud to have contributed my small bit to the public service work the Pulitzer Prize Board recognized today www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A local progressive asked how their group can support the local paper without subscribing. I said, “You can’t.” It’s literally the one thing we need. They didn’t understand until I described it as complaining how Amazon and big boxes are ruining downtown but not shopping there.

My thoughts are that this prediction is not looking great.

FedEx is suing for a refund of Trump tariffs (duties): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Breaking: The Olympic gold-winning U.S. women's hockey team DECLINES Trump's invitation to his State of the Union address after he was caught on video mocking them.

Enjoyed chatting with Jane Coaston of Crooked Media about the latest tariff news youtu.be/K1P3sKaZyJw?...

I Trusted Jeff Bezos. The Joke’s on Me. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/o...

JD Vance Booed at Olympic Opening Ceremony in Milan www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/w...

Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest: “This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested." More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...

the federal government is arresting journalists not only without a warrant but after being explicitly denied a warrant i wonder what our freedom of speech warriors like Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss have to say about this

Hmmmmm maybe they were making that up too

U.S. Automakers’ Foreign Troubles Now Extend to Canada www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/b...

“The World’s Worst Bet” is a “complex, probing assessment” of globalization, says Nature magazine, including it in a list of five best books… www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This surprises me not at all

and not even just investors. many businesses and their groups — often loud about the things in Washington that displease them — have tread carefully under Trump even while acknowledging privately the risks of Fed meddling. this will test them, too.

Anti-ICE protest in NYC today

Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

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Europe is finally waking the F up to the fact that they have leverage too.

George Saunders Says Ditching These Three Delusions Can Save You www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/m...

By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...

The 92-Year-Old Judge in the Maduro Case Must Step Aside www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...

I have a reason: because someday, in a peer war with China, we may need allies, or at least countries that don't want to see us lose.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...

(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops .. @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/01/0...

The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership www.nytimes.com/interactive/...