Jamie Riley

3 weeks ago | contrarian.substack.com | Jamie Riley

“I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.” - Vivienne WestwoodA client at my hotel mailed me a copy of her self-published book of wartime recipes collected by her grandmother and her grandmother’s friends. Originally jotted down by hand in a notebook, the recipes covered a period from 1920 through 1950, just out of one world war and through another.

1 month ago | contrarian.substack.com | Jamie Riley

Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose cartoons have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and elsewhere. Find him on Substack at nickanderson.substack.com.

1 month ago | contrarian.substack.com | Nat Kendall-Taylor |Jamie Riley

By Nat Kendall-TaylorRiding in with promises of turning the tables on those in government, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) operatives have projected an underdog image as they chaotically fire hundreds of thousands of public servants and end programs that feed the poorest people on Earth. As they have done all of this, they’ve ousted the watchdogs who could stop them. They justify their actions by claiming they are taking on corruption in service of working people.

2 months ago | contrarian.substack.com | Jamie Riley

Millions of Americans remain in a state of shock and despair at the rapidity with which the Trump administration’s cruel and wanton executive orders and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency are changing the shape of Americans’ lives and livelihoods. In this space, we’ll regularly recount the effects across America of the Trump administration’s actions. For every action there is a reaction; for every push there is a pushback.

Jan 9, 2025 | ajc.com | Jamie Riley

Are you ready to get your freak on? Nope. Sorry. That’s the wrong battle cry. Are you ready to get your freak-out on? That’s the one. Weather forecasters are calling for a bit of snow in Atlanta (and a bit more than a bit in northern Georgia) starting Friday and going into Saturday. ExploreKemp issues state of emergency ahead of Friday’s winter storm“Expect significant accumulations of snow, sleet and freezing rain that will lead to hazardous travel conditions,” the National Weather Service warned.