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56,966 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0d9c3-27d5-735a-b3bb-3f0290a80bad", "title": "“I go downstairs to the first level, and I just hear this big ‘boom,'” one woman said. “And I don’t think anything of it because I freakin’ live in America, but then I see this guy dive behind this car.”", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84449", "published_at": "2026-09-24T17:15:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9c3-27d5-735a-b3bb-3f02910526d6", "title": "UD Loves Her a Nor’Easter.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84446", "published_at": "2026-09-24T13:06:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9c3-27d5-735a-b3bb-3f0291b7ec28", "title": "‘“Guns are killing our kids,” [Zack] Terakedis said.’", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84441", "published_at": "2026-09-23T04:55:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9c3-27d5-735a-b3bb-3f02929a57de", "title": "‘Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid; 4-ANPP is a chemical intermediate used to illegally manufacture fentanyl; Alprazolam is a benzodiazepine better known by its brand name Xanax; Methocarbamol is a prescription muscle relaxant; and Quetiapine is an antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.’", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84436", "published_at": "2026-09-22T15:15:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9c3-27d5-735a-b3bb-3f0293916a1e", "title": "‘[G]uns were present in the home, and … [rigid] religion, conspiracy theories, and an obsession with the end of society, were central.’", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84428", "published_at": "2026-09-22T14:19:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9c3-27d5-735a-b3bb-3f0293eb98b0", "title": "Projectile Place, an Upscale Pennsylvania Community…", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84426", "published_at": "2026-09-22T12:34:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9c3-27d5-735a-b3bb-3f029416a445", "title": "‘Arkansas has among the weakest gun laws in the country and has one of the highest rates of gun deaths in the nation. It has none of the most important laws in place. Despite the state’s high rate of violence, legislators acted in 2021 to dismantle the only remaining foundational gun law by repealing the concealed carry permitting requirement.’", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84424", "published_at": "2026-09-22T12:10:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9c3-27d5-735a-b3bb-3f029484c49e", "title": "The hip dark humor that’s supposed to help save you.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84420", "published_at": "2026-09-22T00:51:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9c3-27d5-735a-b3bb-3f0294aed317", "title": "Suppose they gave a farce and nobody came.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84412", "published_at": "2026-09-21T17:52:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4f8-43c7-71d2-9a59-c54f331fb869", "title": "Gun, Laptop, and Videotape", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84409", "published_at": "2026-09-21T15:52:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4f8-43c7-71d2-9a59-c54f340b80f7", "title": "‘In France the burqa has been illegal since 2011, as have headscarves for under-16s in schools. Portugal brought in its own similar “burqa law” last month. Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Austria — all ban full face coverings.’", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84403", "published_at": "2026-09-20T19:43:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4f8-43c7-71d2-9a59-c54f34532f3a", "title": "“There is a particular lethality and a particular impulsivity and a particular level of threat that occurs when a firearm is present, and right now in America we have more firearms than people.”", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84395", "published_at": "2026-09-20T01:38:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4f8-43c7-71d2-9a59-c54f34eb3e59", "title": "“Every summer we went to Sardinia, to Italy, to Portofino,” Ms. Mugrabi said. “We went on lots of different yachts. Aspen. Miami. We went to St. Barts three times minimum, a year.”", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84393", "published_at": "2026-09-19T13:55:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4f8-43c7-71d2-9a59-c54f3522d5f4", "title": "There’s UD’s cousin, Karen, to the left of the reporter.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84390", "published_at": "2026-09-19T01:27:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4f8-43c7-71d2-9a59-c54f3562cd37", "title": "Gardening in Kentucky", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84388", "published_at": "2026-09-18T13:12:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4f8-43c7-71d2-9a59-c54f35c7d8df", "title": "‘Researchers have created a mouse with a partly human brain’", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84385", "published_at": "2026-09-18T12:41:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4f8-43c7-71d2-9a59-c54f366e0703", "title": "British Snark is Fun", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84382", "published_at": "2026-09-18T12:09:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4f8-43c7-71d2-9a59-c54f373ca6b8", "title": "A brief back and forth with Elizabeth Bishop about the Closing of the Kennedy Center.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84375", "published_at": "2026-09-18T03:33:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4f8-43c7-71d2-9a59-c54f379d5b90", "title": "“[W]hile [Bo] French might say some things that others in his party won’t, or use language and imagery that many of them might avoid, the forces that increasingly power their movement are ones he embodies—Christian nationalism, internet-addled white supremacy, and a slow-building and then frighteningly sudden frenzy of state-sponsored Islamophobia.”", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84368", "published_at": "2026-09-17T19:12:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb52-3fe4-7329-b028-99542b475ceb", "title": "‘An anonymous tip led to the discovery of a loaded gun in the car of [a middle school’s] new principal, Michael Smith, who replaced the last principal, who was arrested.’", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84351", "published_at": "2026-09-16T19:44:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb52-3fe4-7329-b028-99542c30d0a0", "title": "Don’t piss off…", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84349", "published_at": "2026-09-16T19:41:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb52-3fe4-7329-b028-99542c516d0c", "title": "Nursery Rhyme", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84344", "published_at": "2026-09-16T19:15:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb52-3fe4-7329-b028-99542d2b60fb", "title": "‘This fall, the Supreme Court will entertain a Second Amendment challenge to the prohibition of assault weapons in Viramontes v. Cook County… The challengers—a few individuals who want to own such weapons, along with some gun-rights advocacy organizations—recently filed their brief with the justices, arguing that the Constitution prohibits the people of these states from protecting themselves through law.’ ", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84342", "published_at": "2026-09-16T15:05:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb52-3fe4-7329-b028-99542d4de4af", "title": "‘The cases were identified by officials in May, and both were living in a “severely rat-infested” RV about a mile from the Harrison Street encampment.’", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84339", "published_at": "2026-09-16T12:53:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb52-3fe4-7329-b028-99542dd67563", "title": "‘[Jon] Rosenthal, [Bo] French’s Democratic opponent, also criticized the post, writing on X: “I spent 25 years as an oil and gas engineer. Bo French spent Sunday morning sorting our [University of Texas football] student section by skin color.”", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84335", "published_at": "2026-09-15T22:05:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb52-3fe4-7329-b028-99542e9ae643", "title": "In honor of West Virginia, where Trump got his highest 2024 vote…", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84331", "published_at": "2026-09-15T19:09:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb52-3fe4-7329-b028-99542ec4a84f", "title": "Kentucky politicians “are soaked in the blood of these children.”", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84329", "published_at": "2026-09-15T18:34:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb52-3fe4-7329-b028-99542f5c9a1c", "title": "“Actually, no one is neutral. Every teacher stands in front of a class with his or her own convictions.”", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84318", "published_at": "2026-09-15T10:13:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb52-3fe4-7329-b028-99542fb34093", "title": "Gen. Jack D. Ripper, Sussex Command", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84314", "published_at": "2026-09-14T04:58:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb59-be92-709c-9b11-50717e42aa31", "title": "Bo.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84310", "published_at": "2026-09-14T02:11:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb59-be92-709c-9b11-50717ee7404b", "title": "‘“In this age of AI’s rapid evolution and ubiquitous digital distractions, we intend this guidance to support faculty and students as they engage meaningfully with physical Core texts, listen carefully to their classmates and as they participate thoughtfully and authentically in class discussions,” the Columbia College spokesperson wrote in a statement to Spectator.’", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84308", "published_at": "2026-09-13T21:11:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb59-be92-709c-9b11-50717f9205bb", "title": "Auto-", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84303", "published_at": "2026-09-13T15:01:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb59-be92-709c-9b11-5071808ca4d8", "title": "The kind of mistake UD lives for.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84301", "published_at": "2026-09-13T14:57:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb59-be92-709c-9b11-50718143ebb1", "title": "“Kentucky’s gun laws are among the worst in the country, and the state’s gun death rate is above the national average.”", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84296", "published_at": "2026-09-13T06:24:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb59-be92-709c-9b11-5071818987f5", "title": "Ah, fuck it.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84294", "published_at": "2026-09-13T02:10:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb59-be92-709c-9b11-50718230e66f", "title": " Acting Deputy Executive Associate Director.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84292", "published_at": "2026-09-12T21:20:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a09652-d480-7136-a88d-08e6f36a2033", "title": "À la Recherche du SCSU", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84289", "published_at": "2026-09-12T15:08:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a095bb-83fd-71df-9bf3-144a8dbbd3a1", "title": "‘The game was called due to people fleeing the area in response to … gunshots.’", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84287", "published_at": "2026-09-12T11:50:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0951f-b89c-72a8-85cd-d517f32fc7b5", "title": "UD is fascinated by these auction announcements.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84285", "published_at": "2026-09-11T19:59:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0951f-b89d-729c-a89b-925a11d06b14", "title": "My old friend Scott’s Global Fund gets the attention it deserves.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84283", "published_at": "2026-09-11T19:37:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0951f-b89d-729c-a89b-925a12c19d3c", "title": "For the 25th anniversary, my 2011 post about…", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84280", "published_at": "2026-09-11T13:48:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0951f-b89d-729c-a89b-925a1329b0d3", "title": "Like the poor, religious fanatics we will always have with us.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84275", "published_at": "2026-09-11T13:21:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0951f-b89d-729c-a89b-925a13692525", "title": "Nice tidy block where everybody’s got a pickup, a third of each house is a garage, and everyone recycles.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84273", "published_at": "2026-09-11T12:35:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0951f-b89d-729c-a89b-925a13ebf1a5", "title": "When guns are outlawed…", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84270", "published_at": "2026-09-11T12:09:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08cc2-25bf-706b-bb43-d6bdd2fcba55", "title": "Department will also start referring to people caught masturbating as “pud pullers.”", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84265", "published_at": "2026-09-10T13:50:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08cc2-25bf-706b-bb43-d6bdd38ec5dd", "title": "WOWSA. This just in…", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84261", "published_at": "2026-09-10T13:16:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08cc2-25bf-706b-bb43-d6bdd4563315", "title": "America responds to the child deaths by gun crisis", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84258", "published_at": "2026-09-10T08:52:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879f-b6db-70b6-93d2-8ba7f47f8b3f", "title": "Temple of Doom", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84253", "published_at": "2026-09-08T21:51:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879f-b6db-70b6-93d2-8ba7f579c5e0", "title": "Our Shakespeare", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84249", "published_at": "2026-09-08T12:54:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879f-b6db-70b6-93d2-8ba7f57f97d8", "title": "Either you think yourself divinely commanded to hide your nine year old daughter as a temptation to men…", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84240", "published_at": "2026-09-08T07:10:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879f-b6db-70b6-93d2-8ba7f640dd04", "title": "We haven’t marked a Don DeLillo death lately.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84237", "published_at": "2026-09-06T14:29:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879f-b6db-70b6-93d2-8ba7f71385e2", "title": "First Fireday…", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84234", "published_at": "2026-09-05T16:18:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879f-b6db-70b6-93d2-8ba7f7e5b1c4", "title": "This is why UD has long given money to FIRE.", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84231", "published_at": "2026-09-05T13:02:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879f-b6db-70b6-93d2-8ba7f899421e", "title": "Postmodern Humanities", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84226", "published_at": "2026-09-05T12:00:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879f-b6db-70b6-93d2-8ba7f95d9416", "title": "Headline of the Day", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84220", "published_at": "2026-09-05T03:45:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879f-b6db-70b6-93d2-8ba7fa42c6e5", "title": "Know Hope: When America’s Most Cretinous Cults are Crushed by the Courts…", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84217", "published_at": "2026-09-04T20:31:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879f-b6db-70b6-93d2-8ba7fa853927", "title": "Denazification…", "url": "https://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=84215", "published_at": "2026-09-04T02:41:54+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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“I go downstairs to the first level, and I just hear this big ‘boom,'” one woman said. “And I don’t think anything of it because I freakin’ live in America, but then I see this guy dive behind this car.”original ↗
24 Sept 2026
UD Loves Her a Nor’Easter.original ↗
24 Sept 2026
‘“Guns are killing our kids,” [Zack] Terakedis said.’original ↗
23 Sept 2026
‘Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid; 4-ANPP is a chemical intermediate used to illegally manufacture fentanyl; Alprazolam is a benzodiazepine better known by its brand name Xanax; Methocarbamol is a prescription muscle relaxant; and Quetiapine is an antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.’original ↗
22 Sept 2026
‘[G]uns were present in the home, and … [rigid] religion, conspiracy theories, and an obsession with the end of society, were central.’original ↗
22 Sept 2026
Projectile Place, an Upscale Pennsylvania Community…original ↗
22 Sept 2026
‘Arkansas has among the weakest gun laws in the country and has one of the highest rates of gun deaths in the nation. It has none of the most important laws in place. Despite the state’s high rate of violence, legislators acted in 2021 to dismantle the only remaining foundational gun law by repealing the concealed carry permitting requirement.’original ↗
22 Sept 2026
The hip dark humor that’s supposed to help save you.original ↗
22 Sept 2026
Suppose they gave a farce and nobody came.original ↗
21 Sept 2026
Gun, Laptop, and Videotapeoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
‘In France the burqa has been illegal since 2011, as have headscarves for under-16s in schools. Portugal brought in its own similar “burqa law” last month. Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Austria — all ban full face coverings.’original ↗
20 Sept 2026
“There is a particular lethality and a particular impulsivity and a particular level of threat that occurs when a firearm is present, and right now in America we have more firearms than people.”original ↗
20 Sept 2026
“Every summer we went to Sardinia, to Italy, to Portofino,” Ms. Mugrabi said. “We went on lots of different yachts. Aspen. Miami. We went to St. Barts three times minimum, a year.”original ↗
19 Sept 2026
There’s UD’s cousin, Karen, to the left of the reporter.original ↗
19 Sept 2026
Gardening in Kentuckyoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
‘Researchers have created a mouse with a partly human brain’original ↗
18 Sept 2026
British Snark is Funoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
A brief back and forth with Elizabeth Bishop about the Closing of the Kennedy Center.original ↗
18 Sept 2026
“[W]hile [Bo] French might say some things that others in his party won’t, or use language and imagery that many of them might avoid, the forces that increasingly power their movement are ones he embodies—Christian nationalism, internet-addled white supremacy, and a slow-building and then frighteningly sudden frenzy of state-sponsored Islamophobia.”original ↗
17 Sept 2026
‘An anonymous tip led to the discovery of a loaded gun in the car of [a middle school’s] new principal, Michael Smith, who replaced the last principal, who was arrested.’original ↗
16 Sept 2026
Don’t piss off…original ↗
16 Sept 2026
Nursery Rhymeoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
‘This fall, the Supreme Court will entertain a Second Amendment challenge to the prohibition of assault weapons in Viramontes v. Cook County… The challengers—a few individuals who want to own such weapons, along with some gun-rights advocacy organizations—recently filed their brief with the justices, arguing that the Constitution prohibits the people of these states from protecting themselves through law.’ original ↗
16 Sept 2026
‘The cases were identified by officials in May, and both were living in a “severely rat-infested” RV about a mile from the Harrison Street encampment.’original ↗
16 Sept 2026
‘[Jon] Rosenthal, [Bo] French’s Democratic opponent, also criticized the post, writing on X: “I spent 25 years as an oil and gas engineer. Bo French spent Sunday morning sorting our [University of Texas football] student section by skin color.”original ↗
15 Sept 2026
In honor of West Virginia, where Trump got his highest 2024 vote…original ↗
15 Sept 2026
Kentucky politicians “are soaked in the blood of these children.”original ↗
15 Sept 2026
“Actually, no one is neutral. Every teacher stands in front of a class with his or her own convictions.”original ↗
15 Sept 2026
Gen. Jack D. Ripper, Sussex Commandoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
Bo.original ↗
14 Sept 2026
‘“In this age of AI’s rapid evolution and ubiquitous digital distractions, we intend this guidance to support faculty and students as they engage meaningfully with physical Core texts, listen carefully to their classmates and as they participate thoughtfully and authentically in class discussions,” the Columbia College spokesperson wrote in a statement to Spectator.’original ↗
13 Sept 2026
Auto-original ↗
13 Sept 2026
The kind of mistake UD lives for.original ↗
13 Sept 2026
“Kentucky’s gun laws are among the worst in the country, and the state’s gun death rate is above the national average.”original ↗
13 Sept 2026
Ah, fuck it.original ↗
13 Sept 2026
 Acting Deputy Executive Associate Director.original ↗
12 Sept 2026
À la Recherche du SCSUoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2026
‘The game was called due to people fleeing the area in response to … gunshots.’original ↗
12 Sept 2026
UD is fascinated by these auction announcements.original ↗
11 Sept 2026
My old friend Scott’s Global Fund gets the attention it deserves.original ↗
11 Sept 2026
For the 25th anniversary, my 2011 post about…original ↗
11 Sept 2026
Like the poor, religious fanatics we will always have with us.original ↗
11 Sept 2026
Nice tidy block where everybody’s got a pickup, a third of each house is a garage, and everyone recycles.original ↗
11 Sept 2026
When guns are outlawed…original ↗
11 Sept 2026
Department will also start referring to people caught masturbating as “pud pullers.”original ↗
10 Sept 2026
WOWSA. This just in…original ↗
10 Sept 2026
America responds to the child deaths by gun crisisoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2026
Temple of Doomoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2026
Our Shakespeareoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2026
Either you think yourself divinely commanded to hide your nine year old daughter as a temptation to men…original ↗
8 Sept 2026
We haven’t marked a Don DeLillo death lately.original ↗
6 Sept 2026
First Fireday…original ↗
5 Sept 2026
This is why UD has long given money to FIRE.original ↗
5 Sept 2026
Postmodern Humanitiesoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2026
Headline of the Dayoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2026
Know Hope: When America’s Most Cretinous Cults are Crushed by the Courts…original ↗
4 Sept 2026
Denazification…original ↗
4 Sept 2026