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When Inequality Is Fatal for Men Nov. 20, 2023
Equality has always been an American preoccupation, right from the words "all men are created equal"... Read More
What? Progress in Mississippi? Seriously? May. 17, 2023
There's a common political refrain among Texas progressives: "Thank God for Mississippi." Our own st... Read More
The Guilt Spiral of Tipping in 2023 May. 13, 2023
Much goes unsaid between customers and workers, an icy chasm between "We have Pepsi products; is tha... Read More
What If Democrats Decided to Campaign as Real Democrats? Apr. 19, 2023
Way to go, Wisconsin! In a momentous progressive win, voters there elected County Judge Janet Protas... Read More
Who Taught George Santos to Be Such a Self-Serving Fraud? Feb. 08, 2023
People are baffled by the surreal saga of George Santos, the bizarre Republican congress critter who... Read More
Let's Base Policy on Real Facts, Not Misleading Statistics Jan. 06, 2023
From all those lists of best books of 2022, here's one with the potential to change public policy de... Read More
Don't Be Fooled: Workers Still Share in Rising Productivity Dec. 15, 2022
For some time now, legislators have been eager to jack up subsidies for workers, whether it's by rai... Read More
But for the Grace in One Another We Go Dec. 11, 2022
My daughter sat up to look. Like a princess in a carriage, she peered backward and down at the perso... Read More
Democrats, Please Be Democrats! Apr. 13, 2022
I think we can now say the obvious: The Republican Party has gone bull-goose bonkers. Its leaders ha... Read More
Under Pandemic Lockdowns, the Rich Got Richer and the Poor Got Crushed Feb. 15, 2022
Today, two years after COVID-19 first hit these shores from China, most studies confirm that the hea... Read More
Punishing Achievement Is Punishing Everyone Oct. 27, 2021
This week, Democrats settled on an area of apparent commonality: the desire to eat the rich. Accordi... Read More
We Should Look Back for Our Future Sep. 22, 2021
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance," the old bumper sticker says. Yet for decades, ... Read More
When Politicians Call For 'Fairness,' They're Usually Lying Sep. 22, 2021
This week, President Joe Biden attempted to inject life into his ailing presidency by dragging out o... Read More
When Inspiration Isn't Enough Jul. 18, 2021
Had he just driven 53.5 miles south, he could have ended up at my house. Instead, Richard Branson sp... Read More
Encouragement for a Reader That Not All White People Are Racists Apr. 30, 2021
"I am told by my President, and by every black leader in America that all whites are guilty of syste... Read More
The Inequality of 'Equity' Feb. 03, 2021
President Joe Biden took office pledging a return to unity and decency. A new era of good feelings i... Read More
New Research Confirms Wealth Tax's Deleterious Effects Aug. 20, 2020
Politicians are renowned for their shortsightedness. During the post-war period, for example, Republ... Read More
Don't Worry. You're Going to Have Plenty of Cops Jul. 17, 2020
Most Americans don't live downtown, and they don't live in the country, either. They live in the sub... Read More
Why Have the American People Decided to Throw Out Their Political Leaders and Start Over? Feb. 28, 2020
Now that Sen. Bernie Sanders is surging and a populist-left Sanders versus populist-right Trump race... Read More
What's the Charitable Thing to Do About Inequality? Jan. 08, 2020
Our society has coined expressions like "philanthropist" and "season of giving" to encourage and hai... Read More
