Hamilton Nolan
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Senior Writer. Hamilton@SplinterNews.com
Frogs: the very name conjures visions of wonder and terror. But what’s up with them?
The SEIU—one of America’s strongest and most politically active unions—is facing the real possibility of a strike by…
More than 2,800 adjunct professors at Miami-Dade College have voted to unionize, making them the largest adjunct union in the country. Florida baby! Read more
Last year, Arkansas became the first state to impose a work requirement on people receiving Medicaid. This cruel,…
Andrew Sullivan, the British-born Roman Catholic Harvard grad best known for flamboyantly retro race…
Tepid Colorado Democratic Senator Michael Bennet is reportedly mulling a presidential run. If he does run, his…
Today, Apple is set to unveil its new subscription news service, which will charge a monthly fee to access hundreds…
Today, for the first time since 2007, the yield curve inverted, which traditionally signals a looming recession. “Yield curve inversion.” Practice saying this as you stand on the unemployment line. Sounds smart. Read more
Peggy Noonan, a dusty cabinet of moldering antique patent medicine bottles, hath observations, about this time we…
SOMEWHERE IN IOWA—Here is what happened, right before everything began to go to hell:
For perhaps the first time in living memory, reparations for African-Americans are a topic of serious mainstream…
BURLINGTON, IOWA—There’s a very nice visitor’s center on the river here. Right by downtown. They’ll tell you…
The post-2016 American experience has been one of a political pendulum swinging slowly, then rapidly, to the left.…
Bill “De” Blasio, mayor of our New York City, rode the subway today. Wow!!! Break out the cameras!!! Mr. Mayor, I…
Journalism—the act of finding stuff out, then writing it down—is not hard to learn how to do. What is hard is…
Goldman Sachs is instituting a new “flexible” dress code, instructing bankers to “dress in a manner that is consistent with your clients’ expectations.” So, pinstripe suits. Back to work motherfuckers. Read more
Why do wealthy celebrities always decry “haters” above all other evils? Why do successful people at the top of their…
Shortly after Donald Trump was elected, we made a prediction: CNN staffers should watch out, because Trump would…
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