5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (319+ words) Growing up, I received a wealth of working-class values from my parents, including this nugget about egalitarianism: "Nobody is better than you," they said, "and you're no better than anybody else." Unless, of course, you're Elon Musk, Peter Thiel or…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (479+ words) The most surprising result in the batch of primaries held this week over the vast stretch of America from Florida through Wyoming to Alaska was the defeat of famed anti-Trump whistleblower Alexander Vindman by state Rep. Angie Nixon in the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (413+ words) On Aug. 10, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy. Abortion advocates call it "closing the gaps" in "abortion rights protections." Abortion foes call it "abortion until birth," making it legal to dismember fully…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (597+ words) Betting markets show Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the frontrunner to snag the 2028 Democratic nomination for president of the United States. But AOC refuses to pay back her student loans, despite earning $173,000 a year as a member of Congress. That's a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (569+ words) It's impossible to ignore the racial optics in the race, where Wasserman Schultz of Jewish heritage has created a conundrum for Democrats. Her very presence in the race challenges the most fundamental assumption about Democratic politics: that ethnic representation translates…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (500+ words) Their alarm is warranted. The socialist program would be a catastrophe. So, here's an awkward question: Why is a Republican administration quietly doing the public ownership of businesses part on its own? Last week, the Commerce Department announced that letters…...