China and Governor Cuomo: Models for the world in managing, controlling the coronavirus crisis
I believe that the level of fear, panic, and feelings of hopelessness would be far less if Cuomo were the president.
How to get teenagers to read important books? Ban them.
There’s no better way to get a teenager to read a book than to ban it.
This Article Is Not About Donald Trump
The menu of the news, as presently defined, lowers your chance of understanding the world.
The U.S. Is Downright Weird When It Comes to Firearms
Do hunters really need semi-automatic AR-15 assault weapons? Is that how they roll in deer season? The US public doesn’t think so.
Four years of Donald Trump could sink the planet
If Trump isn’t going to pare CO2 emissions significantly, then the US alone could cook the planet, even if China and others act more responsibly.
Why Trump’s revised executive order is still a racist Muslim ban
It is shameful, and will cost America in science, medicine, engineering and entrepreneurship.
Gorsuch shouldn’t be confirmed until we know the person who picked him is cleared...
Neil Gorsuch shouldn’t be confirmed until Trump comes clean.
The Perils of Circus Politics
No opinion leader any longer commands enough broad-based respect to influence a majority of the public. Circus politics may be fun to watch, but it’s profoundly dangerous for America and the world.
2016 Presidential Candidates Address Inequality (Sort Of)
Congress never before worried about the "ever-widening chasm" between the rich and the rest of the nation. For Republican presidential candidates, inequality is a top political topic, but their solution are the same old failed tactics.
How not to make the budget balance on the backs of the poor
Limiting deductions and exclusions would be rational, fiscally responsible, and fair.