Archive for February 2026

[ad_1] Friends,Please submit your caption in the Comments section and, as before, please use the Comments section only for captions.Winners will be announced next Sunday. For consideration, please post your caption by Monday at 9 pm PT, 12 midnight ET.Leave a commentLast week’s winner:“That’s what she said about the puppy too.”(Congratulations, Terri Timberman.)Runners-up:“At least we know we’ll never bump into…Read More

[ad_1] Influential Liberal and Lib Dem politician who served as Scotland’s deputy first minister from the outset of devolutionJim Wallace, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, who has died aged 71 following complications after surgery, was an influential Liberal figure who achieved the extremely rare distinction in politics of being disliked by almost nobody. Mild-mannered, pragmatic, sociable, with liberal values underpinned by…Read More

[ad_1] When others go low, he goes for the family jewels. President Trump says he is bypassing this year’s Super Bowl being played on the West Coast — too far to go, says the man on Air Force One. A shame because even violent sports like football demand fair play. The Seattle Seahawks likely will start Tariq […] [ad_2] Source linkRead More

[ad_1] There are understandable reasons why liberal and leftist intellectuals are cautious about discussing the good life. The post On the Liberal Imagination appeared first on The Point Magazine. [ad_2] Source linkRead More

[ad_1] Another fed worker tells me he spends his days pacing the marble corridors of his office like an absolute madman. The Lana del Rey lyric “I don’t wanna do this anymore” plays on loops in his head in Lana’s exact fey, languid voice. The post Right and Left appeared first on The Point Magazine. [ad_2] Source linkRead More

[ad_1] What I’m about to say is going to seem like a bad joke: the trouble with the left is its egalitarianism. The post Beyond Equality appeared first on The Point Magazine. [ad_2] Source linkRead More

[ad_1] I once found the spirit of democracy at a church that met in a movie theater. The post Perfecting Democracy appeared first on The Point Magazine. [ad_2] Source linkRead More