Adam Keiper

adamkeiper.com

10 July 2025 22:45

Watercolor is usually painted light-to-dark. Oil is usually painted dark-to-light. So when, for example, you see sunlight through some tree leaves, in watercolor you're usually seeing the paper, in oil you're usually seeing the paint. (Watercolor by John Martin, oil by Monet, details in alt text.)

Philip Rotner

philiprotner.bsky.social

04 April 2025 05:32

This is surely the most blunt, depressing take imaginable on what is happening to our country. But it is not only imaginable, it is also most likely accurate. It’s not time to panic, but it is time to face up to the truth.

Axios

axios.com

22 November 2024 16:13

For two weeks, Trump has enjoyed — and exploited — an aura of invincibility that few Republicans have been willing to challenge publicly. Yesterday, the bubble finally popped.

The Bulwark

thebulwark.com

22 November 2024 16:02

The Supreme Court interpreted two constitutional clauses in a way that permitted an unprincipled, manipulative president to allow the exception (recess appointments) to swallow the rule (Senate confirmation). New from Philip Rotner: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-cabi...

The Bulwark

thebulwark.com

22 November 2024 16:01

Maybe the silver lining is that if Trump ends up using recess appointments, it will effectively be an admission that his nominees were unconfirmable even with a Republican Senate.