Category: General
My Musings on Week 16 of the NFL Season
My Musings on Week 15 of the NFL Season
Introducing Michael Bartoldus, Our New Director of Technology
The Postrider is pleased to announce that Michael Bartoldus has been hired as our Director of Technology! A self-taught full stack web developer with a passion for linguistics, Michael regularly writes HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. In his free time, ...
Politics Express: The Debt Ceiling
Politics Editor Lars Emerson is joined by Chris Choban to discuss the debt ceiling — what it is, why it exists, why it’s dangerous, and how can America get out of the pattern of debt ceiling impasses (yes, the trillion ...
The SALT Deduction is Bad Policy — and Bad Politics
One of the best things that the Republican trifecta in 2017 did was buried in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Some Democrats are trying to reverse it, despite the fact it is a clear tax cut for the wealthy.
We Are Seeking: Director of Marketing
The Postrider is seeking someone to join the team as a Director of Marketing who can assist with our online marketing, including social media management, branding, and external engagement. This work is currently being performed by our CEO and Editor-in-Chief. ...
We Are Seeking: Contributors
The Postrider is seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic contributors in both article and podcast capacities to cover film, television, music, politics, or anything else that might pique your interest! While we cannot offer pay at this time, we can offer ...
My Musings on Sneaker Con
This was my first time going to Sneaker Con and probably not the last. To the guy wearing the $10,000 Jeff Hamilton leather Lakers Championship coat draped around his shoulders like a mob boss…I get it. As somebody who remembers ...
For Inflation’s Sake, It’s Time to Let New Jerseyans and Oregonians Pump Their Own Gas
New Jersey and Oregon are the only states in the nation that bar drivers from pumping their own gas. In New Jersey, it’s a local idiosyncracy that’s as ingrained in the state’s culture as Taylor ham (or pork roll… if ...
My Ten Takeaways After Binging the NBA Playoffs This Weekend
Jayson Tatum (bias alert: one of my favorite players) is undoubtedly a topfive5 player in the world, which he proved with his and the Celtics’ dominating play. This isn’t just a fluke or home court advantage – it’s great, old-fashioned ...
Leaving Las Vegas
The story of Las Vegas is one of survival, renewal, and the American spirit. In fact, in many ways, the story of Las Vegas is the story of America told in its most extreme. Luck becomes loss; industry becomes service; ...
Leading to Las Vegas
The story of Las Vegas is one of survival, renewal, and the American spirit. In fact, in many ways, the story of Las Vegas is the most extreme version of America’s story. Luck becomes loss; industry becomes service; hope presages ...
An Omicron Retrospective: Democratic Trifectas and Statewide Mask Mandates
As of February 17, 2022, only a few remaining states still have mask mandates in any form. The Omicron variant is waning, the public is exhausted, and state governments were anxious to return to some semblance of normal post-pandemic life. ...
Pony Express: 2021 Year in Review
Michael, Lars and Louis discuss their favorite movies, TV, music, and more of 2021.
COVID-19 Deaths Weren’t Enough to Swing the 2020 Election — But They Might Be In 2024
COVID-19 has killed around 800,000 Americans. Joe Biden won the 2020 election by a margin of less than 45,000 votes in three states. There’s a morbid, tragic, and uncomfortable question that may linger in the back of your mind when ...
Who Was the Best Fed Chair? And How Does Jerome Powell Compare?
Unless he’s renominated by President Biden, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s term will expire in February of 2022. Historically speaking, every modern chair of the Federal Reserve has been renominated by the successive president of a different party (often several ...
Politics Express: “…In Our Lifetime?”
Politics Express kicks off its new recurring segment called “…In Our Lifetime?” — discussions on the big political and global questions of the 21st century. To start what will be a recurring segment on the show, host Lars Emerson dedicates ...
Pony Express: Trailers, John Mulaney, and the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
Michael, Louis, and Lars discuss a bunch of new movie trailers, John Mulaney’s foibles in the public eye and the Rolling Stone’s updated list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Washington’s Invented Crisis: The Debt Ceiling
It was nice while it lasted. In 2019, Democrats, Republicans, and President Trump agreed to legislation suspending the debt ceiling through the 2020 election, kicking the can on a showdown over one of Washington’s most notorious and most dangerous sticking ...
Coastal Centrality, Conservatism, and Premature Death Rates
This is part two of a series of pieces on premature deaths in America and the role our distance from the centers of power in this country have on that. Click here to read part one. Last week, we examined ...
Is East Coast Centrality Killing Us?
It’s probably an understatement to say that, out of all of America’s regions, its coasts receive the most attention. Media, economic, political, and soft power is concentrated in metropolises along America’s shorelines. Eight coastal cities — New York, Los Angeles, ...
Riding the GameStop Wave
The fundamentals of GameStop do not merit a market capitalization of $17 billion. It’s a retail store selling physical video games in the year 2021. I should probably end the article right there, but there’s so much more to this ...