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Thursday, June 27, 2019
Please, Raise My Taxes?
With metronomic regularity, some well-motivated billionaire announces that he wishes the government would increase his taxes. The latest entrant is Eli Broad.
Global What? Summer Chill Worldwide Exposes Warming Hypocrisy
Across the globe, the month of June showed no signs of deviation from the climate trend for 2019: below average temperatures with chilling conditions.
Mueller to Testify
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to publicly testify on July 17th. This announcement comes after Mueller said in his “final statement” that his final statement was his final statement.
Now the Debates!
What will happen Thursday night if former Vice President Joe Biden pulls his pants down onstage when it is finally his time to speak?
The Swamp in Action
Everyone else wants the names of the FBI officials who approved the unprecedented law enforcement dragnet against low-level Trump aides in the middle of a presidential campaign.
Techs and Balances
The rest of the country knows it as the 2020 election. To the leaders at Google, it’s the “Trump situation.” And based on new undercover video, they’ll do anything to prevent this president’s history from repeating.
Sorry, Media — Talking to Foreigners Does Not Violate Federal Campaign Laws
It was a hypothetical question about getting information on a political opponent from a foreign national. Yet President Trump’s response sparked a furor — one that was long on accusations and short on the actual law governing federal campaigns.
Reparations: How Not to Foster Racial Harmony
About reparations, a skeptical President Barack Obama in 2016 told reparations proponent Ta-Nehisi Coates that it would divide the country.
Markets, Not Politicians, Control the Law of Supply and Demand
When I was pregnant with my first child 16 years ago, I asked my doctor how much it would cost to pay for the birth out-of-pocket. He had no clue. The truth of the matter is that in most cases, neither doctors nor their patients have any idea what their treatments cost. That’s because the health care market is not a real market.
Bribing the Palestinians Won’t Work
The Trump administration thinks appealing to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un by dangling promises of prosperity in front of him if he agrees to change his ways is the path to peace on the Korean Peninsula. So far there have been no agreements to build a Trump resort and Kim has made no effort to adopt any other form of capitalistic behavior.
U.S. Can Afford to Stay Calm With Iran
President Trump recently ordered and then called off a retaliatory strike against Iran for destroying a U.S. surveillance drone. The U.S. asserts that the drone was operating in international space. Iran claims it was in Iranian airspace.
Knitting Website Tells Trump Supporters They Are No Longer Welcome
Americans who want to make knitting great again are no longer welcome on Ravelry.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
The Day Fox News Was on the TV in My Gym
I’d occasionally seen him in the gym — we both work out at the same Brookline Village health club — but we had never previously had occasion to speak.
The Media’s Speeding Ticket on Tagging Trump With Rape
On June 21, New York Magazine published a shocking cover story, an excerpt from the new book by author and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll titled “What Do We Need Men For?” Carroll described suffering sexual assault in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room.
‘Remember’ — A Critical Call for All the World
Remember. It is the single word that marks the gate to a burned-out village in France that I recently visited. There, 642 innocent men, women, and children were brutally slaughtered by the Nazis one bright June day.
4 Years on, ‘Marriage Equality’ Slogan Still Doesn’t Add Up
Most everyone in America was and is in favor of marriage equality. Most everyone was and is in favor of marriage equality because most everyone wants the law to treat all marriages equally.
Partisan Gerrymandering: Courts Should Keep Out of the Debate
For the past few years, liberals have been pushing the courts to declare that partisan redistricting — the consideration of politics when drawing the boundaries of legislative districts — violates the Constitution.
Troops to the Border
Mexico’s defense minister announced Monday that his country has deployed nearly 15,000 National Guard and Army troops to its northern border in order to stem the flow of illegal immigration into the United States. This deployment is in addition to the 6,000 troops sent to Mexico’s southern border.
Anti-Trump Crafters: A Decade-Long Unraveling
Fun fact: I’ve been crocheting since I was 10, when my Tita Lisa taught me the magic of granny squares.
What Now, for Those Who Denied a ‘Crisis’ at the Border?
Congress is debating emergency humanitarian aid to care for migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. The need is obvious.