John M. Cunningham
@jmcunning.bsky.social
Editor and fact-checker | Chicago
Hate Google butting in to tell me that a specific search query that I have successfully used to get to a specific set of search results "stems from a confusion." I'm not the one who's confused!
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hate Google butting in to tell me that a specific search query that I have successfully used to get to a specific set of search results "stems from a confusion." I'm not the one who's confused!
Was disappointing to see her pop up in the movie MATERIALISTS
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Was disappointing to see her pop up in the movie MATERIALISTS
Right, the author of that piece (Mariame Kaba) doesn't even identify as a Democrat. theintercept.com/2020/03/19/o...
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Right, the author of that piece (Mariame Kaba) doesn't even identify as a Democrat. theintercept.com/2020/03/19/o...
I don't think an article in the Style section that was clearly assigned before this week, one of more than 100 articles that the paper published today, is being run as a distraction, no.
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I don't think an article in the Style section that was clearly assigned before this week, one of more than 100 articles that the paper published today, is being run as a distraction, no.
And this is how I learn that Kate's dad is Andy Shaw!
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
And this is how I learn that Kate's dad is Andy Shaw!
So maybe complain to those people and not to the contributor who has no say in editorial and management decisions?
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
So maybe complain to those people and not to the contributor who has no say in editorial and management decisions?
Margaret Sullivan was the public editor. She was definitely not making front page decisions.
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Margaret Sullivan was the public editor. She was definitely not making front page decisions.
Damn. Including two legendary anchor duos.
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Damn. Including two legendary anchor duos.
Some of these replies are ignoring the "regional party identities" part
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Some of these replies are ignoring the "regional party identities" part
People think there are teeming hordes scaling fences and overpowering border agents
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
People think there are teeming hordes scaling fences and overpowering border agents
The former president of Harvard and secretary of the Treasury
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The former president of Harvard and secretary of the Treasury
Is "11/10" Nov. 10 or Oct. 11?
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Is "11/10" Nov. 10 or Oct. 11?
So, McAdams? www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
‘Utah’s worst kept secret’: Ben McAdams will run again for Congress in ’26
Former U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams is running again for Congress — before Utah's districts are even final for next year's midterm elections.
www.sltrib.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So, McAdams? www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
No, you're right. ("Conclusion" was misleading; I didn't mean it was the literal end of the article.) Here's that graf:
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
No, you're right. ("Conclusion" was misleading; I didn't mean it was the literal end of the article.) Here's that graf:
He has always had a libertarian edge (he has U of Chicago econ degree lol). But that didn't conflict much with his otherwise conventional center-left views until the pandemic, when he chafed against liberal attitudes that he found overly cautious and censorious and too beholden to institutions.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
He has always had a libertarian edge (he has U of Chicago econ degree lol). But that didn't conflict much with his otherwise conventional center-left views until the pandemic, when he chafed against liberal attitudes that he found overly cautious and censorious and too beholden to institutions.
Sure, he is explaining their thinking, but he does not himself accept that it is good. To the contrary, this is his conclusion:
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sure, he is explaining their thinking, but he does not himself accept that it is good. To the contrary, this is his conclusion:
That was not my takeaway from the column.
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
That was not my takeaway from the column.
I agree! But I don't think that means all of his columns should be preemptively dismissed, esp. not one that's mostly a reported piece on legislative strategy.
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I agree! But I don't think that means all of his columns should be preemptively dismissed, esp. not one that's mostly a reported piece on legislative strategy.
For news articles, sure. It's less expected of opinion columns.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For news articles, sure. It's less expected of opinion columns.
I hated the "doing politics the right way" column, too, and think Klein has often struggled in how to approach Trump's second term, but people here act like he's Bret Stephens.
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I hated the "doing politics the right way" column, too, and think Klein has often struggled in how to approach Trump's second term, but people here act like he's Bret Stephens.
I mean, fine, nobody's making you read the column, but I found it insightful about the calculations congressional Democrats are making, esp. since Klein actually talked to some of them. It's more of a reported piece than free-floating opinion.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I mean, fine, nobody's making you read the column, but I found it insightful about the calculations congressional Democrats are making, esp. since Klein actually talked to some of them. It's more of a reported piece than free-floating opinion.
Dave Brat Summer
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Dave Brat Summer
The phrase "laboriously pretentious drivel" is itself laboriously pretentious drivel
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The phrase "laboriously pretentious drivel" is itself laboriously pretentious drivel
Trump has been involved in a million lawsuits. You think he doesn't know the word "onerous"?
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Trump has been involved in a million lawsuits. You think he doesn't know the word "onerous"?
I don't get the "change in character" complaint (or the NYT's "sheds conciliatory tone" headline). Wasn't he saying all this stuff in the campaign?
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I don't get the "change in character" complaint (or the NYT's "sheds conciliatory tone" headline). Wasn't he saying all this stuff in the campaign?