Avery Collins
Undaunted: The Painful Memory of 9/11 Lingers
For those who remember a quarter century ago, there was “before 9/11” — and then, after. For anyone…
Tom the Dancing Bug
Follow Ruben Bolling on Substack; join Tom the Dancing Bug’s Inner Hive subscription club; and please visit the…
The Danger of Preparing for the Last Surprise
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Pearl Harbor in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed December 7 a national day…
Never Forget
RJ draws several editorial cartoons each week for his substack, e pluribus cartoonum, and for Roll Call, the…
25 Year Later, We Still Haven’t Dealt with the Continuity Gaps in Our Government
Today marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most searing events in modern American history — a…
The Stakes Could Not Be Higher
As it does every year, Sept. 11 should remind us that, however absurd our current politics, the stakes…
Another Week, Another Spate of Trump Corruption Scandals
Contrarians, we have grown all too accustomed to the staggering scale of corruption oozing from every corner of…
Boomers, Burning Man, and Hunter Biden’s Meme Coin, with Jared Freid
Are you still on the family phone plan?In his new comedy special The Family Plan, Jared Freid breaks…
‘We Are Going to War’: H.R. McMaster Remembers 9/11
Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster was on the phone with the Pentagon when the plane struck the building on…
The Founder Building an Actual Unicorn. Plus . . .
Welcome back to The Weekend Press! Today, Joe Nocera has two drinks with the man making San Francisco…
How the Religious Right Is Dragging Democracy Backwards
Over two thirds of white Christian Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2024. Why has such a significant…
The Rise of the Infinite Cable News Ticker
On the morning of September 11, 2001, it was business as usual on TV news.CNN was reporting on…
He Couldn’t Save His Brother on 9/11. He Spent the Next 25 Years Saving Others.
Frank Siller was 8 years old when he received envelopes for his first communion. They contained $26—all in…
Two Drinks with . . . San Francisco’s Knight in Shining Armor
The billionaire strolled into the three-star restaurant on New York’s Upper East Side wearing a wrinkled tan suit…
The Founder Building an Actual Unicorn
Bebo’s, a roadside diner in Pilot Point, Texas, is a fever dream in which no surface has been…