Precious Snowflakes

Robert E. Lee's statue is removed from the center of New Orleans: correcting a wrong or rewriting history? Also, political bumfights with Greg Gianforte and Richard Spencer.

The Trumpocalypse, Week 1: Comey's firing, the aftermath, and and handing secrets directly to the Russians.

Ben and Lel attend a Libertarian convention; the French election.

The United Airlines kerfuffle; Washington's hands-free phone law revisited.

The Senate takes the nuclear road to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court; a high school takes daily affirmations to an unlikely place.

This Week in Treason; The Vice President's circle of platonic female friends.

Obamacare lives to fight another day; video game censorship in Australia.

White people watch "Get Out"; The Dutch elections and what it means for the rest of Europe.

Outlawing driving with a cell phone in your hand: safety precaution or rights violation?; THe Obama wiretapping fallacy.

Meet political commentators Ben Phelps and Lellius Rose; Dr. Seuss dabbles in racism; Jeff Sessions; picking battles with the administration; 15 more minutes on racism; a postmortem on Hillary Clinton's candidacy; Trump's address to Congress as re-rekection campaign kickoff;  Mixed feelings about education and Betsy DeVos.