Excellent review of the reviews of Nolan's Odyssey by @glastris.bsky.social in the @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social today washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/22/c...
Paul Glastris
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Editor in chief, Washington Monthly, former speechwriter for President Clinton, physically present if mentally distracted father, St. Louis Cardinals fan.
Conservatives were sure nobody would see Nolan's "woke" Odyssey. But it made back its budget in a weekend, writes @glastris.bsky.social.
Why Conservatives Are Losing Their War Against The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan’s moral sensibility, which conservatives claim to hate, is what makes his Odyssey film a masterpiece—and a blockbuster.
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After grousing about The Odyssey’s multiracial cast, conservatives’ new complaint is that Christopher Nolan's Odysseus is wracked with guilt. But that moral sensibility is what makes the film a masterpiece—and a blockbuster, writes @glastris.bsky.social
Why Conservatives Are Losing Their War Against The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan’s moral sensibility, which conservatives claim to hate, is what makes his Odyssey film a masterpiece—and a blockbuster.
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An exclusive w/ @glastris.bsky.social ( @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social ) reveals what’s happening at RPUs, where access & opportunity meet for most students. RPUs deliver affordability, flexibility, & belonging, but students are still facing real challenges. ⬇️ washingtonmonthly.com/2026/06/26/r...
What Life on Most College Campuses is Really Like
A new survey of students at regional public universities by the think tank Third Way offers some surprising insights.
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St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol believes in the "no shirt, no problem," mantra.
Cardinals manager Marmol buys tickets for fans to continue shirtless revelry at Busch Stadium
St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol believes in the “no shirt, no problem,” mantra. His club was boosted to a win over the Royals Friday night by a group of college baseball players in the right-field seats who took off and waved their shirts as they sang, chanted and drew others into the fray
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Inside the Monthly’s Spring 2026 Issue
Explore the Washington Monthly’s Spring 2026 Print Issue
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From @glastris.bsky.social: Why the U.S.-led Liberal World Order is Only Mostly Dead washingtonmonthly.com/2026/05/04/w...
Why the U.S.-led Liberal World Order is Only Mostly Dead
Despite warnings of collapse, the U.S.-led international order still offers allies a better deal than any realistic alternative.
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Yes, Trump is decimating the U.S.-led international order. But declarations of its permanent death are premature, writes @glastris.bsky.social. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/05/04/w...
Why the U.S.-led Liberal World Order is Only Mostly Dead
Despite warnings of collapse, the U.S.-led international order still offers allies a better deal than any realistic alternative.
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Historically, accreditors have led the so-called regulatory triad in higher education because states and the federal government did not want to act against colleges. That is clearly no longer the case. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
![The association has no current sanctions or open investigations into Texas A&M or Texas Tech, said Stephen Pruitt, president of the association. He also said the accreditor hasn’t received any complaints about either university, including from faculty. Both institutions are in good standing—Texas Tech’s accreditation was renewed in 2025 for another 10 years. The higher education watchdog is limited in its ability to respond to the curricular policies because it cannot require its member institutions to adhere to a standard that would force them to violate state law or policy, Pruitt said.
“We have always made it a practice that we don’t hold institutions accountable when there’s a state law that may [contradict] our standards,” he said. “At the end of the day, states rule the day.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t246266smqkjxhwir7xpbl3o/bafkreidtbttczbsa7cnm5nh4ltfzk5ovf4lxnlwcztikl42ihmkp7dfkpy)
Regarding supposed security gaffes last night, they didn't happen. USSS built the correct plan which worked perfectly to achieve its goal – to protect the president. Garrett Graff is the only person you need to read on this. Thanks for taking the time to write this one, @vermontgmg.bsky.social!
Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3mo agoI've written and reported a lot on presidential security over the years, and wrote a quick analysis of what we know so far and some background about security at the Washington Hilton: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-quick-an...
I really think it’s important to underline that there was apparently no security breach. The gunman was confronted and stopped where he should have been according to the design—at the magnetometer perimeter. What this piece argues for is an *expansion* of the security perimeter in time and space.
The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Daily Beast’s Executive Editor witnessed a jaw-dropping security breach. And then it got worse.
I’m at the combination Comedy Central Roast of Adolf Hitler / Reichstag Fire
Folks, don't worry. They had the line of succession all worked out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Report: Every Place On Earth Has Wrong Amount Of Water https://theonion.com/report-every-place-on-earth-has-wrong-amount-of-water-1851544516/
A late night comment about two kinds of American exceptionalism – a First Amendment that ensures a free press and a Second Amendment that makes emergencies like tonight's all too frequent.
Editor in Chief @glastris.bsky.social went on The Julie Mason Show to break down the Democratic field for 2028: whose policy hits the mark, who can (or can’t) electrify a crowd, and––crucially––who’s tall.
Paul Glastris - 2028 Will Be Totally Different Than 2026
with Julie Mason
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An unheralded provision in the “big beautiful” tax act creates a beachhead for quality control in higher education that both parties have worked towards for three-quarters of a century, @glastris.bsky.social and @nateweisberg.bsky.social write. Will it survive?
The Bipartisan Roots of Trump’s One Good Education Reform
The "Do No Harm" rule codifies the idea that every college degree should make graduates better off than if they had never attended.
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Some of America’s biggest companies rely on public benefits to subsidize their employees. Why aren’t they defending their workers against cuts? @anne-s-kim.bsky.social unpacks.
The Corporate Conspiracy of Silence on “Affordability”
Some of America’s biggest companies rely on public benefits to subsidize the wages they pay their employees.
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Newport, Oregon, is another battleground in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration as the administration plans numerous detention facilities in small towns. @garrettepps.bsky.social reports. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/03/09/i...
Jesse Jackson was furious over injustice. He was also full of hope. His funeral was a reminder that the two were never meant to be separated, David Masciotra writes.
Repeat After Me: ‘I Am Somebody’
Jesse Jackson was furious over injustice. He was also full of hope. His funeral was a reminder that the two were never meant to be separated.
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At least some Americans are benefiting from Trump’s Iran War.
On affordability, Democrats have the stronger hand. They just need to stop folding. The winter issue of the Washington Monthly is here, featuring @glastris.bsky.social, @jrakove.bsky.social, @alexbronzini.bsky.social, @billscher.bsky.social, @gooznews.bsky.social + more: shorturl.at/38NmN
If you want to understand the roots of the MAGA crack up we are witnessing in real time, read this review essay @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/29/t...
The Unraveling Right
The MAGA movement is fracturing between donors, intellectuals, influencers, and an increasingly radical base.
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If you want to know the reason why Russia is not going to win, read this @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/29/p...
Putin’s Energy Blitzkrieg is Backfiring
Putin and Russia’s drone and missile campaign aims to break Ukraine’s will. Instead, it’s deepening civilian resolve and national solidarity.
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A public option for grocery stores, based on the proof of concept provided by the commissary model, could not only vastly improve food access; it could inject more competition into the broader grocery market and bring down food prices for all Americans in the long term. By @clairek.bsky.social
How to Bring Down Grocery Prices
A civilian equivalent of the commissary system could deliver more affordable grocery prices to hard-pressed Americans.
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Is FEMA ready for this storm? How will cuts impact Americans? Will Trump provide equal support to red and blue states alike? This will be one of those tests of governance that every administration faces...and that Trump-led administrations regularly and often disastrously fail.
Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.
More of this please. Screw the water’s edge. The world needs to hear from national leaders of both parties that Trump’s foreign policy is broadly detested in America on borrowed time. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
In Denmark, U.S. lawmakers contradict Trump on need to own Greenland
Leaders of the bipartisan delegation said most Americans don’t want to acquire Greenland, and that Russia and China don’t pose imminent security risks to the territory.
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The number of representatives House Rs can afford to lose on a floor vote: Yesterday: 3 Today: 2 Soon after Jan. 31: 1 After GA-11 special (which will happen next) (barring upset): 2 After NJ-11 special (barring upset): 1 After CA-1 special (sometime in May) (barring upset): 2
Bill Scher@billscher.bsky.social · 7mo agoCurrent House membership Republicans 218 Democrats 213 Vacancies TX-18 (D died in March, runoff b/t 2 Ds Jan 31) NJ-11 (D resigned in November, special election April 16) GA-14 (R resigned yesterday, special election TBA) CA-1 (R died today, special election TBA)