JDSinJDS RantsThe 2024 Series, Part V: On Barack Obama’s Mythical Political SkillIt might seem silly to talk about Barack Obama in a series about the politics of 2024, a dozen years after the former President last ran…Aug 22Aug 22
JDSinJDS RantsThe 2024 Series, Part IV: The Kamala Harris Question(If you missed earlier parts in this series, you can see Part I or Part II or Part III here…)Jul 22Jul 22
JDSinJDS RantsThe 2024 Series, Part III: Why People Vote For TrumpAfter more than two months off, the 2024 Series returns! And today we are addressing a profound question, one that has defined the last…May 27May 27
JDSinJDS RantsThe 2024 Series, Part I: How We Got BidenINTRO: This year, for the first time basically ever — at least since the primary system was reformed in the 1970s — there is no meaningful…Jan 16Jan 16
JDSinJDS Rants“Serial” and the Perils of Prestige MediaNow that Adnan Syed is out of prison — 22 years after he was convicted and eight years after a podcast made his case famous — it is worth…Oct 3, 2022Oct 3, 2022
JDSinJDS RantsWhat’s Missing From “Don’t Look Up”When Adam McKay’s the-comet-is-a-metaphor-for-climate-change movie, Don’t Look Up, dropped on Netflix in December, discussion of the film…Feb 2, 2022Feb 2, 2022
JDSinJDS RantsThe Police Lover Has Logged OnMatt Yglesias loves the police. He loves writing about how much he loves the police, and how wrong it is to not love the police. He’s loved…Nov 12, 2021Nov 12, 2021
JDSinJDS Rants“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Defunds the PoliceI’m not quite sure what Brooklyn Nine-Nine was supposed to do about the George Floyd protests. The cop sitcom couldn’t really ignore them…Sep 30, 2021Sep 30, 2021
JDSinJDS RantsThe Joe Manchin FallacyThere’s this idea out there in The Discourse that Joe Manchin is the most powerful person in Washington, DC right now. Like most stupid…May 10, 20211May 10, 20211