Chris Howard
@chris-howard.bsky.social
College professor specializing in the history and politics of U.S. social policy. Author of Who Cares: The Social Safety Net in America (Oxford UP, 2023) and a bunch of other stuff. Dedicated teacher -- sometimes even an effective one.
In my line of work, people on the spectrum are in my classes and faculty meetings. I'll take quirky over sociopath every day of the week.
September 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In my line of work, people on the spectrum are in my classes and faculty meetings. I'll take quirky over sociopath every day of the week.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST BANNERS EVER IN BRITAIN. BIGGER THAN BRUCE BANNER, THE HULK. MAYBE I'M A SUPERHERO, I DON'T KNOW. COULD BE. DON'T I LOOK GREAT IN THAT PICTURE?
September 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST BANNERS EVER IN BRITAIN. BIGGER THAN BRUCE BANNER, THE HULK. MAYBE I'M A SUPERHERO, I DON'T KNOW. COULD BE. DON'T I LOOK GREAT IN THAT PICTURE?
Looks like someone in charge of labor statistics is going to lose their job.
September 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Looks like someone in charge of labor statistics is going to lose their job.
Is this what "winning" looks like? And would Republicans be howling if jobs data were revised down this much under a Democratic president?
August 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Is this what "winning" looks like? And would Republicans be howling if jobs data were revised down this much under a Democratic president?
Democrats, Independents, and non-MAGA Republicans all agree that the GOP budget isn't beautiful at all.
June 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Democrats, Independents, and non-MAGA Republicans all agree that the GOP budget isn't beautiful at all.
And we should keep giving the rich big tax cuts because ...?
June 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
And we should keep giving the rich big tax cuts because ...?
Reverse Robin Hood: this is how the Republican budget will make people with lower incomes worse off and the rich better off over the next decade (the diamond symbol shows the net effect of tax cuts and spending cuts). The bill is big, yes; beautiful, no way.
June 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Reverse Robin Hood: this is how the Republican budget will make people with lower incomes worse off and the rich better off over the next decade (the diamond symbol shows the net effect of tax cuts and spending cuts). The bill is big, yes; beautiful, no way.
May 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Not sure whether to file this under "tariffs," "measles," "Social Security," "national security group chats," "tax cuts for the rich," "ignoring the courts," ...
April 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Not sure whether to file this under "tariffs," "measles," "Social Security," "national security group chats," "tax cuts for the rich," "ignoring the courts," ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "What you are speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you are saying."
April 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "What you are speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you are saying."
The left-wing radicals in Williamsburg, VA look just like regular Americans. How sneaky.
April 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The left-wing radicals in Williamsburg, VA look just like regular Americans. How sneaky.
Williamsburg, Virginia has a history of resisting tyranny.
April 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Williamsburg, Virginia has a history of resisting tyranny.
Reasonable people can disagree over whether Trump, Musk, and fellow Republicans truly are fascists. But "authoritarians" definitely fits. How about "barbarians"?
April 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reasonable people can disagree over whether Trump, Musk, and fellow Republicans truly are fascists. But "authoritarians" definitely fits. How about "barbarians"?
Last October, The Economist ran a story that referred to the U.S. economy as "the envy of the world." Guess what changed?
April 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Last October, The Economist ran a story that referred to the U.S. economy as "the envy of the world." Guess what changed?
If Trump doesn't like his portrait in Colorado, may I suggest ...
April 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If Trump doesn't like his portrait in Colorado, may I suggest ...
When Trump and Republicans call for more tax cuts for the rich, remember that the richest 1% of Americans already control 30% of the wealth in this country, and the richest 10% of Americans already control two-thirds of the wealth.
April 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
When Trump and Republicans call for more tax cuts for the rich, remember that the richest 1% of Americans already control 30% of the wealth in this country, and the richest 10% of Americans already control two-thirds of the wealth.
Well, yeah, in a sense the U.S. is exceptional.
March 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Well, yeah, in a sense the U.S. is exceptional.
I like the NY Times, but I don't understand how they decide which stories get top billing. (My apologies to any chicken-renters in the crowd.)
March 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I like the NY Times, but I don't understand how they decide which stories get top billing. (My apologies to any chicken-renters in the crowd.)
