This New Gilded Age 0
This dude has clearly never worried about where his next meal was coming from.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Texas A&M professor Andrew Dessler dissects the misdirection play.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
David decodes de code. (Warning: Short promo at the six-minute mark.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another case of self-politeness.
There is one recurring common denominator in all these events.
The presence of a gun.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Andrew Sillen tells of hearing a most disturbing rhyme echoing from time spent teaching in apartheid South Africa. A nugget:
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*Mark Twain.
Devolution 0
The Founders did not write
. . . a government of the president, by the president, and for the president.
but that appears to be what we now have inflicted on ourselves.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Farron runs the numbers.
Running Ruining the Government like a Business
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My old Philly DL friend Noz points out that Trump’s tariffs may not be by any means the most harmful thing he does to the economy. Here’s how he opens his post:
The whole article is worthy of a look.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy envisions Trump’s replacement for the Department of Education.