the daily howler

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2025 In our view, an extreme disappointment: On this, the very day we saw it, the film in question received a string o...

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2025 Can you hear them cuckoos hollerin'?  At one point, The Stumblebum turned to the silly stuff when he spoke wi...

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2025 In search of the missing 36 percent: Is "something wrong" with President Trump? Also, was something wr...

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2025 Also, the Wall Street Journal gone wild: "Back out of all this now too much for us?" So begins the po...

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025 Also, secrets leak out on The Five : We know! This morning, in a burst of temporary madness, we promised to share ...

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025 Of our own pair of Kings George: When the madness surfaces in a King George, the silly stiff may surface first....

 MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2025 "With God On Our Side" Again: As a general matter, we heard the same thing Frank Bruni heard—and we have...

MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2025 Two roads diverged in a wood: In our view, it was an intriguing phone call. Borrowing language from the early Dyla...

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2025 One way we Blues have lost votes: In the face of our failing nation's ongoing "American carnage," ...

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025 Dana Perino's complaint:  What kind of attorney general will Pam Bondi be? We can't tell you that. That sa...

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025 The governor also uses: Let the word go forth to the nations: Peter Hegseth, the Trump nominee, uses a ton of hair ...

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025 How we Blues (may have) lost one vote: As part of its ongoing series of focus group sessions, the New York Times ...

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025 What they're permitted to say: Eight years ago, he gave his first speech as the American president.  The spe...