Bloomberg reports that grassroots organizers have moved into Texas with significant resources and the intention of turning Texas into a battleground state by 2020. I have looked at the numbers in the past and my recollection is...
Read MoreThis week, or perhaps next, the Senate will pass a gun violence control bill. I cannot believe that a filibuster will be upheld. With any luck, the bill will contain a strong universal background check provision that has the...
Read MoreThe Iron Lady had a stroke and died today. Much ink will be spilled about her career. Our own right wing will be thrown into a fit of nostalgia. But little will be written about the long-term consequences of...
Read MoreRoss Douthat emerged from Harvard with some serious hang-ups. I don’t know why. He grew up in New Haven, so it’s not like Cambridge was a foreign planet. He graduated magna cum laude, which ain’t too shabby....
Read MoreI ran into something last night while I was trying to research something else. But I found part of it interesting and I want to share it with you. It’s part of an article on “black flight” from Philadelphia. I...
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