Saturday, September 28, 2019

The American Social Contract in Trouble

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In my book, We Still Hold These Truths: An American Manifesto , I noted that the Republican right wing had rejected the American social...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Correcting the Perception of Poverty

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Studies show consistently that most people, liberals as well as conservatives, think that most people living in poverty are Black....
Monday, September 2, 2019

Whether the Issue is Gun Control or Inequality, It Always Comes Back to Race/Racism

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I was trying to define wherein lies the fervor of the supporters of the NRA and the gun lobby.   It isn’t their love of guns.   It...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Trump/Xi - When Weak Men Lead Great Countries

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The reader can be excused for wondering at the title of this article.   Donald Trump and Xi-Jinping weak men?   But that is what t...
Sunday, August 18, 2019

Making Trade and the Global Economy Work for the American Worker

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The global economy is a fact and there is no avoiding it.   Trade is also a necessary fact of economic life. The question is, ...
Monday, August 12, 2019

The Epstein Suicide - Smells Like Foul Play

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Here are the facts:   Jeffrey Epstein was found unconscious on the floor of his jail cell with bruises on his neck.   Jail officials te...
Friday, August 9, 2019

The 2020 Election Is about the Survival of American Democracy, of Historic American Values

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The title of this piece may strike the reader as over the top, but it really isn’t.   Because it isn’t about whether the form of democr...