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Ted Rall
Personal blog · rall.compoliticsculture
Ted Rall's personal blog at rall.com covers politics and culture. Since 2010, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Checks and Balances Are Dead”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commenters link Ted Rall's posts without judging them: a basic income guarantee essay, a 2026 post on checks and balances, a memoir of driving a NYC cab in the early 1980s, and Karakoram Highway travel.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Ted Rall’s Rall.com: Sharp political cartoons and biting commentary on current events. Explore Trump, free speech, and more from the acclaimed cartoonist.
Most-linked posts?
- Checks and Balances Are Dead2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-10
- A living wage just for living2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-02
- The Karakoram Highway: The World’s Most Dangerous Roadway (1999)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-11-25
What Hacker News says?
This is the Ted Rall essay he referenced at the end. http://www.rall.com/rallblog/tag/basic-income-guarantee
Comment linking /rallblog/tag/basic-income-guarantee
on “The busy trap”Submitted Checks and Balances Are Dead as a story · 6 points
HN discussionhttps://rall.com/2026/01/08/checks-and-balances-are-dead
Comment linking /2026/01/08/checks-and-balances-are-dead
on “Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome F. Powell [video]”Submitted The Karakoram Highway: The World’s Most Dangerous Roadway (1999) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionUmm. The characterization of homelessness as a mental health issue is very convenient for not facing the ongoing changes in our society. While it may be true that some segment of the homeless population is mentally ill; that's the tip of the iceberg for the real problem. Young, wealthy, privileged people like the majority of the audience of this site have no concept of how easy it is to fall through the cracks and l…
Comment linking /2014/10/13/syndicated-column-millions-of-gen-xers-will-be-homeless-before-you-know-it
on “More Cities Are Making It Illegal to Hand Out Food to the Homeless”Submitted A living wage just for living as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe Karakoram Highway, between Pakistan and China, is an amazing engineering achievement. The cartoonist and author Ted Rall has visited Central Asia many times. http://rall.com/2009/06/04/the-karakoram-highway
Comment linking /2009/06/04/the-karakoram-highway
on “China About to Start $35B of Silk Road Plan in Pakistan”Submitted Security Is Ruining the Internet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionIt's about a New York City that's 25 years long gone, but this question, and thread, reminded of Ted Rall's recollections of driving a Cab in NYC during the early 80s http://www.rall.com/longarticle_003.htm
Comment linking /longarticle_003.htm
on “Did you know: In NYC, yellow cabs are required to take you anywhere in NYC.”
