Like millions of people around the world, I was horrified when I first heard about the mass shooting Saturday at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh that resulted in the deaths of 11 people and left six wounded. Officials said Robert Bowers was arrested and...
Everything is great, right? Unemployment is the lowest in half a century [3]. The economy is churning out a high GDP [4]. Home values [5] are rising rapidly again. Inflation remains low. Still, the stock market has been crashing in recent weeks. Investors don’t like President Donald Trump’s trade war with China [6]. It makes...
Syndicated radio host Leslie Marshall said Tuesday on "Outnumbered" that the growing migrant caravan inching toward the U.S. is a talking point "sent from heaven" to President Trump and the Republican Party. At a rally in Texas on Monday, Trump pointed to the caravan as one of the...
After a federal judge dismissed adult film actress Stormy Daniels’ defamation suit against him, President Trump tweeted Tuesday: "Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas." What an eloquent comment by the president of the United States...
Lately it feels as if the United States is anything but united. From climate change to universal health care, from Kanye West to the validity of pumpkin spice, Americans seem divided over every issue under the sun. But a new survey reveals there is at least...
Democracy is tough for 1 percenters. They’ve got all that money but, hypothetically, no more voting power than their chauffeur or yacht captain or nanny in a one-person, one-vote democracy. In this one-person, one-vote democracy, though, they’ve got a plan to fix all that for themselves. They’re...
In his statement to Congress this week during his confirmation hearing, Judge Brett Kavanaugh said his mother taught him that judges must always stand in the shoes of others. Though hardly original or deeply inspirational, it’s not bad advice. The problem is that Kavanaugh never chooses...
Labor Day recognizes the humanity of workers. It commemorates their year-long efforts with time off dedicated relaxation, family, friends, and barbecues. There’s no holiday for robots, raw materials, or the energy that animates the machines of manufacturing. Because, of course, they’re not human. Somehow, though, business schools...
The stock market is effervescent. Unemployment seems inexorably descendent. On financial news shows, someone always is singing, “Happy Days are Here Again.” But the chorus isn’t so cheery on factory floors. There are no Happy Days at the Harley plant to be shuttered in Kansas City, destroying...
On Tuesday, Missouri voters trounced a right-to-work law pushed by CEOs, corporations and radical right-wingers intent on killing collective bargaining. The law was passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature last year before advocates successfully petitioned for a direct referendum on the measure. It was the second...