Archive - Addled Ding Dong News

a depressing book about the 2024 election

I reviewed "2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America." It was not fun.

Jul 8 •

June 2025

May 2025

Mohsen Mahdawi's Courage

My latest NY Magazine column

May 5 •

April 2025

Trump, "Antisemitism," and the Jews

Are Jews responsible for what Trump is doing in our name? Yes.

Apr 9 •

March 2025

The Dems Play Dead

Column about the leadership vacuum at the top of the opposition party.

Mar 18 •

February 2025

The DEI two-step

Trump and Musk are using DEI as an excuse to dismantle the government; they'll blame DEI when everything goes to shit.

Feb 12 •

January 2025

Biden: The "Anti-Frailty" President

Biden was elected as "mourner-in-chief," but he leaves America a coarser place

Jan 14 •

I wrote about the Bob Dylan movie

don't let people enjoy things

Jan 9 •

December 2024

The Emerging Shape of Trump 2.0

A column on the transition

Dec 24, 2024 •

Making Sense of Violence

My latest column takes stock of the public reaction to the assassination of a health insurance executive.

Dec 12, 2024 •

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