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ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri

The Compost, written by Alexandra Petri, offers a lighter take on the news and political in(s)anity of the day.

  • Mar 26, 2019

Okay, Mayor Pete, politics ought to be more like James Joyce

Yes yes I will yes.

  • Mar 22, 2019

Does the electoral college spark joy?

We cherish norms, such as FiveThirtyEight’s name.

  • Mar 20, 2019

ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri

The Compost, written by Alexandra Petri, offers a lighter take on the news and political in(s)anity of the day.

  • Mar 19, 2019

Beto O’Rourke tells you how to do the hokey pokey

Maybe you turn yourself around. Maybe it's this country that needs turning around.

  • Mar 18, 2019

Devastating documentary reveals ‘Baby Shark’ songwriters as morally unimpeachable

These revelations were, at times, hard to stomach.

  • Mar 12, 2019

I am sick of hearing about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from myself, talking about her

How can it be that this week alone I have read 18 articles about her, two of which I did not write?

  • Mar 6, 2019

ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri

The Compost, written by Alexandra Petri, offers a lighter take on the news and political in(s)anity of the day.

  • Mar 5, 2019

CPAC sets the agenda with dudgeon and dragons

Mainly, CPAC is a jostling set of imaginary problems demanding the next real solution.

  • Mar 1, 2019

What is the truth you’re most afraid of? The Cohen testimony, in brief.

And other baffling moments from the Cohen hearing.

  • Feb 27, 2019
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