Ali Winston

For those who know me, political reporting is something that is typically far from my realm of interest. It's tremendously important for any democratic society, but so much oxygen gets wasted on the contemporary American blend of horse race coverage (Who's leading? Who's behind?

Enjoying the hottest winter on record? If you're in California (particularly Southern), that record rainfall, flooding and mudslides might be your preoccupation of the moment - more on all that with the book of the week. If you're back East, it's most likely gray,

Another rough week out there for anyone with a conscience, as the war in Ukraine and the Israeli genocide-in-process roll on, with the Ukrainian top general facing the axe from President Volodymyr Zelensky hard on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion, more than 27,000 Palestinians dead in Gaza

It's been what they call "a week," and we'll get further into it below. I'm extremely deep in reporting this week so not much on the preamble except to say if you have children, NEVER let them play on Roblox without supervision.