Where would we be today? We would still be languishing in the throes of the economic malaise we endured for eight long years under President Barack Obama. The same policies that never produced more than […]
So much of our reasoning about race is both emotional and faulty. In ordinary, as well as professional, conversation, we use terms such as discrimination, prejudice, racial preferences and racism interchangeably, as if they referred […]
How odd was it that in the same week Nike introduced its “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything” #JustDoIt campaign, the vaunted New York Times would publish an anonymous op-ed piece about […]
South Africa has been thrown into the news because of President Donald Trump’s recent tweet that he instructed his secretary of state to “closely study” alleged land seizures from white farmers in South Africa. Earlier […]
With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy of “You Might Be A Redneck” fame. In a recent Gallup poll, 57 percent of all Democrats said they preferred socialism to capitalism with the highest ratings among liberal young […]
Sustainability is a word you hear a lot these days, and it is usually in the context of the environment. But we have another sustainability problem that needs immediate attention: our interminable federal deficits and […]
This past week, more than 300 American newspapers colluded — if the word fits — to simultaneously publish editorials declaring themselves, contra Trump, not “the enemy of the people.” Shortly thereafter, the U.S. Senate unanimously […]
PULLQUOTE: During the weekend of Aug. 4-5 (and the preceding Friday night), 12 Chicagoans were shot dead, and 62 others were shot and wounded, the Chicago Tribune reported. Before last week’s mayhem, 1,718 Chicagoans […]
“Fellow countrymen: Two hundred forty-two years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Equality guarantees everyone’s freedom […]
Remember the familiar lament from President Barack Obama’s team for eight long years? “Two percent real GDP growth is the new normal for the U.S. economy.” Two percent annual growth wasn’t even the “new normal” […]
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