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Andrew Bailey led the Georgia election raid. His Missouri record should be a warning

30 minutes 11 seconds ago
When the FBI carried out its controversial raid last month at the election headquarters of Fulton County, Georgia, it was already guaranteed to inflame partisan tensions. What made the episode more striking was the presence of Andrew Bailey. The former Missouri attorney general is now co-deputy director of the FBI. He traveled to Georgia to […]
Jason Hancock

Special session to redraw Missouri congressional districts was constitutional, judge rules

34 minutes 54 seconds ago
A Cole County judge ruled Friday that Gov. Mike Kehoe had the constitutional authority to call the special session that resulted in the passage of a new gerrymandered congressional map for Missouri. During the special session, legislators redrew the map to favor Republicans. The Missouri NAACP filed the lawsuit against state officials including Kehoe in […]
Jacob Richey

Madama Butterfly

9 hours ago
Is the misery of the teenage geisha sold to Lt. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton substantially different from any redacted Epstein victim's pain? If the details vary, the moral remains grimly consistent. Madama Butterfly is a century old, but its world is our world.  
René Spencer Saller