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Robinson Meyer at The Atlantic writes—It’s Younger and Cooler Than a Carbon Tax. The Green New Deal is surprisingly popular:…

Boston Dynamics is a company that develops robotics for commercial and military applications. The company is probably best known by the general public for the videos it produces to show off its products.…

Imagine you’re in a coffee shop when a man you don’t know sits down uninvited next to you. Scribbling on a napkin and spouting something about “tax cuts pay for themselves,” the man then confidently proclaims:…

My Facebook feed is a bastion of solid writing from friends whose stories often touch me profoundly. Many of them are great at storytelling. Most importantly, many of their stories have immediate relevancy.…

A few days ago, Donald Trump entered into the race for 2020 with a bid in Orlando, Florida with a refrain we’ve all come to know. This time, it wasn’t just about his horrendous “policies” but about a promise to lock up his former opponent. That’s…

The past week has certainly seen an interesting set of issues and subjects bubble up into the collective conscience.  Looking at them all together provides a fairly clear view of perspectives on race, the direction of our country and society, how we will…

It's not clear if it's coincidence or plan that saw both White House Inhabitant Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence filling up television time this Sunday; perhaps even this White House knew that trying to defend a new potential war with the likes of…

Last week the current occupant of the Oval Office was interviewed by George Stephanopoulos for a television program that racked up disappointedly low ratings for our mighty king of his own imaginary ratings empire. Within that interview was this exchange:…

And then there was, well, another: Former Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak has announced that he, too, is running for the Democratic nomination for president.…

I want to try something a bit different this week. I want to specifically address the cynical, calculating, and deeply condescending campaign tactics of Donald Trump on immigration. I’m doing so in order to, I hope, change some minds among those who are…

NBC's Meet the Press broadcast a pre-recorded interview with Donald Trump today. As usual, it featured rampant lying, because Donald Trump lies about everything, all the time, in his narcissistic efforts to pretend whatever he's doing is impossibly brilliant…

It’s not just the nation’s farmers who are feeling the negative effects of the tariffs that Donald Trump has imposed on imports from China. The resulting trade war between the two countries cut off one of farmers’ biggest customers. There already have…