It’s common sense, Republicans say. You have to show ID to buy a beer, board a plane, or land a job as a snow shoveler. Why not require proof of identity from those who seek to exercise our most sacred civic right, casting a vote? According to the polls, the GOP has won the argument....
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The Achaemenid Persian Empire. Byzantium. The Ottomans. Ancient Rome. All these regimes wielded immense power relative to their contemporaries. They dominated militarily, economically, culturally and globally in ways comparable to the United States’ current superpower status. All collapsed or were destroyed. We Americans often forget that nothing lasts forever. And we always ignore the playwright...
The American Dream
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"Even people earning six figures—which puts them in the top 18% of wage earners—are secretly struggling to keep afloat. ... Even the over-$200K set—the top 5%—are faking it to make it."
Everyone’s talking about affordability or, more precisely, unaffordability—and the issue is likely to drive U.S. politics for the foreseeable future. Affordability is subtraction. If your income is higher than your expenses, goods and services are affordable. The current discussion about affordability, however, is exclusively about the expense side of the equation. The implication is, you...
Polls showed that voters were blaming Republicans, not Democrats, for the shutdown. Nevertheless, Democrats caved in completely to the Republicans. It was as if, during World War II, the Allies had invaded Europe and gone all the way to Berlin only to surrender to Hitler.
Democrats say and think they'll stop ICE from abusing alleged illegal immigrants if and when they return to power. If history repeats itself, however, there is no reason to believe that. After all, Obama told Bush's torturers they would never be held accountable.
Dying regimes do funny things. Dying superpowers plan for a future that never comes. I have a 1992 Soviet ruble note, redesigned the year before. Considering that the USSR closed shop in 1991, they probably should have focused on something more pressing than their next Five Year Plan. Dying dictatorships bluff and bluster. Despite the...
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