February 2023

As Congress rolls out its latest theatrical production concerning the “debt ceiling,” the same old lines from the same old script are enjoying new life. New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait calls Republican noises about perhaps not just automatically supporting increased government borrowing “extortion” and a “blatant violation of democratic legitimacy” (because, as you no doubt learned in junior high civics class, even entertaining the idea of not voting in favor of Jonathan Chait’s priorities is forbidden by the US Constitution).

Dear Doctors: I faceplanted while ice skating and got a big bruise on my chest. The skin on that part of my breast got puckered up, and my mom kind of freaked. She says it can be a symptom of breast cancer. Is that true? Should I be worried? The bruise and the puckering are both gone now.