Friends,Today I want to talk about prostates. (Wait! Don’t delete this post! Give me a minute to explain why you might be interested.)All of us are getting older, and some of us are becoming quite old. Many old men, like Joe Biden and me and several million others in the United States, have prostates that contain cancerous cells. But because…Read More

Friends,What should Democrats be demanding as a condition of releasing funds for the Department of Homeland Security? Over the last few weeks I’ve discussed several important conditions: agents must not undertake warrantless searches; use racial profiling; pick up suspected undocumented people from schools, hospitals, courts, or places of worship; or carry lethal weapons. Today I want to add an increasingly…Read More

Friends,Buckle up. Primary elections start in a few weeks. Primaries have become increasingly important because, as American politics has polarized, most Republican or Democratic candidates who prevail in the primaries will win the general elections — so primary elections are often where the action is. So, what determines who wins primaries? I’d like to think it’s the quality of the…Read More

Friends,“I want to see elections be honest, and if a state can’t run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it,” said Trump today during a bill-signing ceremony to reopen the federal government.“Take a look at Detroit … take a look at Philadelphia, take a look at Atlanta,” he continued, alleging corruption — without evidence…Read More

Friends,I haven’t seen it. I hope you don’t, either. This, from one of the kinder reviews:“Across some 104 minutes, the first lady delivers these blatantly scripted and meaningless narrations with all the conviction of someone who just woke up from a two-hour nap and can’t remember what day it is.”Manohla Dargis of The New York Times sees a “glossy, curiously…Read More

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 either…Read More