Dan Thies

Better than fine

Better than fine

With the results of his medical examination in, we can rest assured that with The Donald in the Oval Office, the fate of the free world is in strong, vital, totally normal-sized hands.

Great news, everyone. The president is fine. Better than fine, in fact. He is in excellent health.

That's the word, anyway, from Dr. Ronnie-or-is-that-Ronny Jackson, the Navy physician who administered Mr. Trump's annual physical last week and who reports that the exam went “exceptionally well.”...

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My President’s Day nightmare

On a recent Saturday evening, I slipped into a feverish crack dream in which a sudden vacancy on the Supreme Court drove America insane

Apropos of absolutely nothing but the fact that I'm writing this piece on President's Day, I was reminded earlier that it's time for my annual perusal of Article II of the U.S. Constitution. During this year's reading - again, for reasons entirely unrelated to any events that might have...

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No simple chore

A requiem for the Latchis marquee from a former employee who knew it all too well

Impatient Truck Driver Destroys Latchis Marquee reads the alarming headline from my hometown of Brattleboro. Both the town and the theater, the place I called “work” for three years before I moved to Seattle in 2001, hold very special places in my heart, so this crazy bit of news...

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