Charles P. Pierce

Charles P. Pierce, lead for Esquire Politics US, has been a working journalist since 1976. He is the author of four books, most recently 'Idiot America.' He lives near Boston with his wife but no longer his three children.

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Wealth

GameStop Is Proof That Stock Markets Are Just Giant Casinos

Suddenly, a bland mall fixture is the armored vehicle busting in through the front gates of American capitalism.

Opinion

Trump Wants to Revise History in His '1776 Report.' Historians Tore It to Shreds

Actual historians tore it to shreds.

Health and Fitness

There's a New Magic Bullet for COVID-19 and Some People Are Not Getting It at the Pharmacy

'People should never take animal drugs.'

Features

Let's Lighten Things Up With a Look Back at Christmas During the Spanish Flu Pandemic

In 1918, people were much more familiar with epidemic disease.

Features

It Looks Like Alexander Hamilton Was Not, In Fact, Some Heroic Proto-Abolitionist

Brace yourselves, Hamilton fans.

News

Trump Knows the Law Is Waiting for Him, and So Are His Bankers

If he leaves the White House, the president* will at the very least find himself riding every ride in Depositionland.

Lifestyle

Another Climate Time-Bomb Was Just Discovered in Siberia

Large-scale methane release is the entire ballgame. Methane's impact on the climate is 80 times greater than that of carbon dioxide.

News

Don't Forget The Planet Is Dying

Another climate time-bomb was just found in Siberia.

News

Vatican Invalidates Baptisms Where Priest Used 'We Baptize' Formula

Like one word in the baptismal formula.

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