An advertisement came across my Facebook feed recently for a Masterclass on “economics and society” taught by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. If you have $90.00 you’d like to waste you can do so on this, otherwise you’re better off saving your money. I’d sooner pay Larry King to teach me the secrets of a […]
A teacher in Florida recently made national news — and more importantly, provided much needed exposure to an alarming trend — when she was fired for refusing to give a student a “50” on an assignment that he did not bother to hand in. This policy is, unfortunately, part of a growing national movement, already […]
I once read an essay by a white liberal — I believe this was in the New York Times — who felt compelled to demonstrate his compassion for African-Americans by declaring that he would never again have his shoes shined by a black man, because, in his mind anyway, this honest work is too demeaning. […]
There’s an old proverb of questionable veracity that says that the Chinese word for “crisis” is the same as “opportunity.” President Trump must have taken that to heart, because he is especially adept at creating such opportunities for himself, the latest of which results from the obviously coerced resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who […]
Entering the week, Republicans had two-thirds of the nation’s governorships. Now, they’re barely holding on to a simple majority. If you knew nothing about this past election other than what was being put forth by the White House, Republican congressional leaders, and reliably conservative news and social media warriors / propagandists, you would think […]
President Trump made news this past week by declaring that his Administration would break from the longstanding interpretation (or rather, indifference) of previous administrations with respect to the requirements of the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause, arguing that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on children born on American soil to parents without permanent legal […]
Thank God this Brett Kavanaugh fiasco is now behind us. After weeks of hysterics, it seems especially fitting that a confirmation process, that somehow turned into a referendum on whether this country cares about women, ultimately hinged on the decision of one woman, who has now become the unlikely face, and victim, of misogyny. But […]
John McCain will be remembered as a lot of things, but probably not as a conservative. At least, not by conservatives. That’s a shame. He was not a typical conservative, but there can never be any one version of conservatism, since conservatism is about ideas. The moment we stop exchanging ideas we stop being a […]
With the NFL’s preseason underway, players taking a knee in protest of racial injustice is once again part of the national conversation, in no small part due to our president’s obsession with forever calling attention to it, and then demanding that we pay no attention to it. Brilliant. Perhaps instead of criticizing the players for […]
A federal program that matches up to $500 in contributions to retirement accounts would cost one-thirteenth what Social Security does, provide triple the payout, turn every American into a millionaire, and solve our national savings crisis. And we could still keep Social Security on top of that. Perhaps the greatest crisis facing this country […]
