rafischwartz
Rafi Schwartz
rafischwartz
Senior writer. When in doubt he'll have the soup.

Or maybe—just maybe—this post was about commemorating innocent victims, rather than drawing attention to a horrific act of violence. Read more

Sorry to hear you think statues honoring people who killed people to ensure that they could own and enslave other people are a good thing. Read more

Hey! It’s Enrico Palazzo!

I would love to see the WSJ write about how profoundly fucked we are. Read more

No, he rejected the story “as reported,” which could mean any number of things. He then denied “intelligent sources or methods” were discussed - two specific things that were NOT mentioned in the Washington Post’s original reporting. Read more

haha, neither was I! I’m genuinely lousy at catching those sorts of mild copy-edits, so I appreciate it when someone catches it before a post’s been up for months. Read more

How is this even a question?

For a stupid little typo like this, I’m totally happy to own up to it. Read more

Ah, that’s what transcribing in a hurry will get me. Thanks for the catch! Read more

I think there’s a lot of confusion and misinformation about the state of immigration in the United States today. Where would be a good place for a total novice to start when it comes to understanding what that debate looks like now, and how we got here? Are there any must-read books or articles you can recommend? Read more