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It’s being said by conservatives and liberals: America faces a crisis of affordable housing. And the way out of it is to build more houses. Wouldn’t it make more sense to first understand the extent of the problem? Real estate interests have sucked in advocates for the poor in their ...
Former President Barack Obama talked the talk in poetry. President Joe Biden walks the walk in prose. What glorious flights of oratory did Obama once take! His sparkle seemed to reach for the best presidential speakers, such as President John F. Kennedy. But give me Joe any day. ...
Forgive us for not displaying shock that a Moms for Liberty co-founder and her husband apparently engaged in group sex. Or that sex partner No. 3 had accused Bridget Ziegler’s husband, Christian, of raping her. Or that Christian Ziegler headed the Florida Republican Party. Or that Bridget was ...
On Saturday, during a campaign speech in Durham, New Hampshire, Donald Trump invoked Vladimir Putin (of all people) as proof that he’s being persecuted: “Putin says that Biden’s — and this is a quote — politically motivated persecution of his political rival is very good for Russia, ...
As someone who has appreciated the power of protest and activism on achieving progress in the U.S. and the world, it’s hard for me to watch the current high emotions over the Middle East devolve into arguments about the meanings of slogans. Not only are those at loggerheads over Israel and ...
The already-forgotten-but-not-yet-gone Kevin McCarthy shared some thoughts on threats to our democracy with Bob Costa on “Face the Nation.” McCarthy is not worried about Trump’s authoritarian ambitions. “Yeah, but remember, you have a check-and-balance system.” McCarthy isn’t the ...