Kate Cohen
Author of "We of Little Faith," former columnist at the Washington Post, parent, cook, reader, atheist, leftie (both kinds).
- Let’s resist the impulse to face the coming recession with spunk and ingenuity and instead just stay pissed off
- These smart pastas rely on only a few powerful ingredients — many of which you probably already have on hand — to keep flavors big and costs small. Because dinner doesn’t have to be pricey to be delicious and to feel luxurious. nyti.ms/43cJWkd
- Excellent news
- Seems pretty clear
- Here’s the Quid. What’s the Quo?
- Reposted by Kate CohenIt might be easier for some in the press to get it right if the Founding Fathers had used "Bribe" instead of "Emolument."
- seems like a great time to get into a super-popular restaurant in Rome.
- "Majoritarian grievance is the energy drink of all fascist movements, but the Task Force is more than just a propaganda stunt to shore up the base. It is weaponizing the constitutional guarantees on the free exercise of religion." newrepublic.com/article/1948...
- Here's the answer to the "Who cares if it's accurate? It's just a movie!" defense of all based-on-a-true-story entertainment. deadline.com/2025/05/trum...
- Melania dreaming of a celibacy scenario
- Reposted by Kate Cohen[Not loaded yet]
- he thinks "I don't know — whatever my lawyers say" is the crafty answer
- "writer's block" never resonated with me. What I get is better described as "page fright."
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- If it’s good, God did it. If it’s bad, that’s on Satan. No wonder the religious right likes this guy: they’ve bought this bs before
- “I know they’re good folks” because . . . ?
- yes, signed! And sharing again.
- Princeton leading the "which college gets my Dartmouth alumni contribution this year (Ivy Edition)" contest. Prize: $25 + goddamn self-respect. standup.princeton.edu
- Trump thinks that paying for things = being ripped off.
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- "If parents want to erase the line between religious doctrine and verifiable fact, no U.S. government, state or federal, has the right to stop them. "But no government concerned with educating children should be paying for the eraser." Hearing today at the Supreme Court. wapo.st/3YTgwWM
- You gotta kinda feel bad for SNL. What's left for them?
- And not only do Dems think they must follow public opinion, but those opinions were CREATED by Republican politicians! "Oh wait, look at the polls: people hate trans kids in sports" — or "people think higher ed is too woke" — or whatever. That didn't just HAPPEN! stringinamaze.net/p/the-tyrann...
- niche post: cooks, if you've ever been bummed out when the cheese curdled in your sauce, soup, or dip, I'm here to tell you that sodium citrate is a Science Miracle™️. No reason not to keep that in your pantry.
- The incredible @patriciafahy46.bsky.social was my assemblywoman and now she's my state senator, and she will NOT back down and she will NOT rest. We should all feel better just knowing she's in the fight. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/n...
- On the one hand, everyone deserves due process and we shouldn't have to play on people's sympathies to make that point. On the other hand, deporting a child with cancer? Separating a mother and her one-year-old? Let's hammer it. apnews.com/article/immi...
- Friends, it's hard for a conflict avoider like myself to conclude this, but it may just come down to us not doing what we're told.
- thank you @reproutopia.bsky.social "The border guards of sex are the enemies of human liberation, and we fight them best by refusing to debate the fairness, let alone the accuracy, of their borders in the first place." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
- It may have accurately portrayed the papal VOTING process but I doubt the actual SELECTION process involves a little-known liberal cardinal making a single moving speech and swaying the entire college of cardinals in their direction . . .
- OK alums: here's an easy step to take. chng.it/f4bnnLRT6C
- @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social Did you mean this or was this just to make the concept of "institutional restraint" sound reasonable? If the former, please sign the AAC&U letter along with your peer institutions or you won't be their peer anymore.
- Dear @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social. Yes, I know you have a policy of "institutional restraint." But still you promised to speak up on "issues directly relating to Dartmouth's mission." This is the moment. Sign the damned letter. Yours truly, a dismayed alum www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
- Any day now we'll have the option of purchasing Enhanced Citizenships at different price points. Platinum Level includes habeas corpus and the right to vote.
