Nancy Rommelmann reads her feature article about traveling cross-country with a pen pal of John Wayne Gacy, to visit the serial killer on death row before his execution

A meditation on “Pig,” and Portland, and cooking, and fighting

What did the Paloma Media crew do after stuffing their maws with Thanksgiving pie? Went home and watched part I of the just-released Beatles' documentary, "Get Back." Matt Welch and Nancy Rommelmann talk about which Beatle was unimpeachable, which a scold, which a love-bug, and which one was just stoned. Bonus: Matt tries to get Nancy to cry talking about the movie "Pig.

California is leading the country in student vaccine mandates that will disproportionately harm the education of poor and minority students.

Paloma Media's Nancy Rommelmann had an Opinion piece in the New York Times on November 22. How'd that happen?

Yael Bar tur, secular sinner, and Chaya Leah Sufrin, pious Haredi, are back, asking each other the hard questions, from Torah to Tinder

A: Whiskey, Moynihan air-drumming, Welch guitar-strumming, love and appreciation for those past and present.

Q: What is, Fifth Column podcast post-game?

A Manhattan public middle school is asking students to segregate themselves next week as part of a "two day celebration" against segregation.

It's November 17, 2021, the 32nd anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which Matt Welch has been writing about... for 32 years! Including in the December issue of Reason magazine. He and Nancy Rommelmann might also touch on the Paloma Media website that launched the day before. Na Zdravi!

Maia Sandu, Moldova's new president, has cleverly positioned her new government as being in thrall neither to Moscow nor to Brussels.