The stock market suffered a big lurch last Friday, leading some to wonder if it’s on the verge of a more serious collapse. The two main factors were second thoughts about the astronomical valuations of tech companies, and rising inflation. The tech-heavy ... See more
You might expect that new high school graduates would be depressed and dejected. They are inheriting a shaky economy, a world at risk of becoming uninhabitable, and a country whose president makes a mockery of what they learned in social studies about Ame... See more
With more than a dozen Republican senators publicly criticizing President Trump’s slush fund while Trump himself equivocated about whether he would kill it, the reconciliation bill was going to be a long-deferred day of reckoning. Trump needed the Senate ... See more
Let’s begin with California. Though Republican Steve Hilton is currently leading in the jungle primary for the governor’s race, with Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer running second and third, there are still millions of late ballots to be counted. It remains... See more
In the past week, federal judges have blocked one Trump executive excess after another. It doesn’t bode well for Trump’s attempted dictatorship. Last Friday, U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema in Virginia temporarily enjoined Trump’s $1.776 billion sl... See more
