Rarely is New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrong in his political or economic conclusions; the man makes an error about as infrequently as Halley’s Comet is visible from Earth. However, there was one tiny flaw in his July 18 post about the GOP’s march towards mania. Krugman correctly noted that he was one of […]
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Trump: He’s Just Not That Dwight
You know, maybe they haven’t stopped to think about it. You know who they are. The folks with the Donald Trump bumper stickers on their cars. The folks in your office, in your church, in your social circle, in your home who think Trump has the magic elixir to make America great again. The folks […]
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A Taxing Effort
Will Congress actually pass carbon-pricing legislation by December 31, 2017? This ambitious goal is not as far-fetched as it may seem—especially if Donald Trump damages the Republican Party so severely that the GOP actually loses both houses of Congress (also not a far-fetched prospect). Having said that, the final version of a carbon-pricing bill may […]
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Strange Justice, Indeed
Should he stay or should he go? The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have denounced the rumor that the controversial conservative may be planning to leave the bench next year, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the rumor is false. If Thomas does decide to call it a career in 2017, it will […]
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If You Fail to Plan, Then You Plan to Fail
It could be a disaster for the state’s Democratic party.
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“Now There’s Revolution, But They Don’t Know What They’re Fighting…”
Bernie supporters need to realize that staying home will only make things worse.
