March 28 Open Thread: St. Anthony’s Finds Its Misplaced Good Sense

You couldn’t write a better ad for the effectiveness of Tom Neuberger in fighting the Catholic authorities: He got St. Anthony’s parish and the Diocese of Wilmington to back down and reinstate Padua Academy Principal Cindy Mann to her post. Neuberger, who was treating Mann’s labor dispute as pro-bono case, told the News Journal: “It is an Easter miracle. It’s a day of new birth, and I am sure good working relationships will abound at Padua and St. Anthony’s.” He’s still a lawyer, so take that with a grain of salt.

The recently signed GOP spending bill is widely seen as nowhere near as bad as it could have been for progressive priorities, but Joan McCarter of Daily Kos sees it as an example ofwhat’s wrong with Congress, arguing that the committee system that once produced well-debated legislation has been replaced by a top-down model with bills written mostly by lobbyists.

Remember when Trump called for offshore drilling everywhere, then seemed to grant Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s personal appeal to exempt his state?Yep, total bullshit. The whole thing, from announcement to carveout, was planned in advance to bolster Scott’s Senate campaign.

How untrustworthy is Scooby Doo villain John Bolton? So untrustworthy that when he served as W’s UN ambassador, he went behind the Bush administration’s back to feed Israel inside info.

Trump hates Amazon, and not just because Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post. According to Axios, Trump is upset because some of his cronies own bricks-and-mortar malls that keep losing value as retailing gives way to etailing.

Your favorite beers and wines might be doing more to your body than killing brain cells. Turns out Monsanto’s weedkiller has found its way into a high number of alcoholic beverages that start out as grain and grapes sprayed with RoundUp.