J.K. Trotter's discussions

Last spring, a producer for Tucker Carlson invited my former colleague Brendan O’Connor onto Fox News to discuss a recent encounter between the Democratic Socialists of America and Milo Yiannopoulos. For a couple of hours, Brendan seemed into doing it, if only to make fun of the host. I decided it was my job, for a… Read more

This is a really good comment! Read more

But after our son was born we found ourselves increasingly pissing money away on Zipcars and rentals to visit out-of-state relatives on weekends. Read more

This is a very good question. Unfortunately, the fact that the lawsuit is itself sealed makes it difficult to understand what the crux of it is (or why the judge eventually ruled in O’Reilly’s favor). That, of course, is exactly why we’re trying to unseal it. Read more

Hey, would you mind sending me an email? I am trying to get in touch with you for a story I’m writing. Email is [email protected] Read more

According to New York State’s voter registration database, the paper’s associate managing editor for standards, Phil Corbett, is a registered Democrat:

Remember when?

Yes. http://gawker.com/did-sean-penn-… Read more

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How many did you expect? Read more

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And as someone who always wears and has always worn jeans—even when living in notoriously warm places like Dallas and Miami—I can say that 91 degrees, or 101, even, isn’t that bad. You’re fine. You’re fine. Read more

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Jesus Christ. Read more

The number of males of military age is much higher than expected if Israel was killing indiscriminately, and it certainly throws the UN figure of a 75% civilian death rate into question. If 75% of those killed were civilians, a more even demographic figure among the dead would be expected. Read more

Was this something I said? I didn’t know about ROYGBIV until recently! Read more

Barry, the culture has moved on. Read more

So that’s what that noise in the office was! Read more