
Saturday Hashtag: #WarOnCollegeEducation
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Two past conversations that warned of democracy’s structural weaknesses years before they became headlines. Prescient insights needed now more than ever.
Often backed by large advertising budgets, a new breed of climate denial is gaining popularity.
Even the ADL regards Betar as an extremist hate group.
What else would Trump do with a national treasure but plunder it?
China dominates global manufacturing while facing population collapse. Can Beijing’s rush to automation save an economy where factories operate without humans?
What can “Adolescence” tell us about our country?
Donald Trump and the GOP hope that Americans believe that the current drama about its deportations to El Salvador is about undocumented immigrants being shipped off to a prison camp. However, in reality, it is about the soul of the nation.
America once built highways and reached the moon. Now we can’t even fix a bridge. The reason? The reforms meant to improve government have paralyzed it.
The performance of Donald Trump’s economic team on Sunday (and all week) left little doubt that nobody in the White House has any idea what’s going on and that there is no plan.
Donald Trump has no concept of the founding principles of the United States, and neither do his followers.
New tariffs spark economic drama as investor confidence plummets, alliances shift, and experts warn of a self-inflicted wound on America’s global standing.