Five myths about George Washington
No, he didn’t wear a wig, and he wasn’t a great military commander.
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Five myths about slavery
No, the Civil War didn’t end slavery, and the first Africans didn’t arrive in America in 1619.
Challenging Trump for the GOP nomination taught me my party is a cult
There’s nothing that any Republican challenger can do to break them out of this spell. (Thanks, Hannity.)
Five myths about the U.S. Senate
No, it is not the world’s “greatest deliberative body” - and it’s not stuck in the past.
The cognitive biases that make coronavirus seem scarier than it is
When we worry too much - or too little - about something, we can actually introduce new threats.
The stories we tell about Kobe Bryant
We shouldn’t act like there’s only one that matters.
Five myths about jazz
No, it isn’t dead, and its purveyors aren’t all hopped up on drugs.
Five myths about bipartisanship
No, it wasn’t was not the norm throughout U.S. history.
Five myths about war powers
No, presidents can’t do whatever they want.
The dangers of elite groupthink
We forget that knowledge can be found at all ages, and in all places. And ethics has nothing to do with degrees or pedigrees.
Enter here to explore the alternate universe of right-wing media
A former journalist began The Righting website and newsletter to help “the rest of us” understand America better.
Five myths about diabetes
No, you don’t get it from eating too many sweets.
Was it risky for the U.S. to take public responsibility for killing Soleimani?
Leaving plausible deniability might have reduced pressure on Iran to retaliate heavily.
Trump’s deadly message to Iran’s terrorist regime
The killing of Qassem Soleimani shows that the U.S. will not be bullied into treating Iran like a normal country.
Killing a top Iranian military leader was a whack-for-tat move
Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani was no stateless outlaw like Bin Laden. This U.S. drone strike that killed him sets us on a dangerous path.
Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Well, that was something
It was a year so eventful that every time another asteroid whizzed past the Earth, barely avoiding a collision that would have destroyed human civilization, we were not 100% certain it was good news.
Five myths about the lottery
No, buying a lottery ticket isn’t a better investment just because the jackpot is big.
A cliffhanger end to a decade that married politics and culture
In cultural terms, the decade was a mixed marriage.
Americans are at each other’s throats. Here’s one way out.
The way to achieve more peace may be to simply call for it.