Bonus tributes to Earl Scruggs and Merle Watson too. Here is the Los Angeles Times obituary.
[Cross-posted at The Monkey Cage]
John Sides is an associate professor of political science at George Washington University.
More by John Sides
Both the Social Security and Medicare trust funds face exhaustion by 2033 because more of the nation’s total income goes to the rich, and much of their growing share goes untaxed.
Keep reading
Millions of Americans face a job crisis: They’re employed but not moving up and they don’t know what to do. Here’s some of what we need to ease the problem of stalled careers.
Keep reading
James Wilson, later a Supreme Court justice, signed the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. He presaged Lincoln by insisting the former owed much to the latter.
Keep reading
There are no shortcuts around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Keep reading
Late 20th-century battles over artists like Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano set the stage for the transgressive Age of Trump.
Keep reading
Starmer out as prime minister is no fix in a country where voters keep denying victors electoral mandates.
Keep reading
His corruption of Biden’s broadband program boosted SpaceX’s historic IPO.
Keep readingSomething went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Sign up for our daily newsletter to get two stories in your inbox every weekday, plus a best-of-the-week roundup on Sundays. Opt out any time.
