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29 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SWITCHING TO EMERGENCY MODE ON DONATIONS - Due to a total lack of donations for May the organization’s funding situation has become critical. We are going to have to stop the train and focus solely of bringing in the relatively few donations we need to function. The show will not go on without funding. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Garrison Keillor | Making Myself Useful for Heaven's Sake  Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website Keillor writes: "I've just done a sensible thing and boxed up a couple thousand good books that I'm never in this lifetime going to read and packed them off to my old high school library, mostly classics and histories and art books, an impressive sight on my shelves, but as an author, I don't feel right about books as decor." READ MORE Rudy Giuliani at Monday's Yankees game. (photo: Elsa/Getty I...

As alcoholism fells another congressman, a reminder that no one is immune to addiction Watch Rep. Garrett's full speech announcing he will not seek re-election BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: In the first federal election of 1789, two future presidents squared off in a brutal campaign to represent Virginia’s Fifth District in the new House of Representatives.  James Madison, the brains behind the Constitution, vigorously debated James Monroe, who opposed ratifying the document because he thought it gave too much power to the central government. If Madison had lost – and he prevailed by just 336 votes – it is very possible that America today would not have a Bill of Rights and all the protections it provides. The freshman congressman who now holds this seat, Thomas Garrett, announced Monday that he is an alcoholic and ended his reelection campaign so that he can seek treatment...