With Donald Trump now officially nominated for a third run at the presidency, attention has turned to what a second Trump administration would actually do. Characteristically, Mr. Trump has been both vague and contradictory about his agenda but one clue lies in Project 2025, a 920-page policy manifesto produced by the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation. While […]
In reasserting his candidacy for the nation’s highest office, President Biden maintained that his economic track record has been far superior to that of former president, Donald Trump. The evidence supports Mr. Biden’s contention, with the notable exception of inflation. When it comes to jobs, there is no contest. Even adjusting for the impact of […]
Even by Donald Trump’s standard of shameless deviation from the truth, Thursday night’s performance of extraordinary lies may have set a record. From beginning to end, Trump made statements utterly at odds with reality and did so with complete conviction and shamelessness. “The only jobs he created are for illegal immigrants and bounce back jobs, […]
Today is Juneteenth, a commemoration of the end of slavery in Texas, the last state to abolish the reprehensible practice. And so it is a good day to reflect on the accomplishments of Black Americans and the challenges that still lay ahead as we strive to achieve true equality. Under the leadership of President Biden, […]
As expected, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at its meeting last Wednesday. That’s because of a mix of good news and bad news. The good news is that the economy has been growing more briskly than most analysts expected (though April’s jobs report came in slightly softer than expected). The bad news is […]
Today is Earth Day – no better a time to review the destruction we are wreaking on our planet by emitting carbon dioxide in extraordinary and unrelenting quantities. And yes, some progress has been made in bending the curve of how much is being sent skyward, but that progress is not nearly enough to give […]
The 2024 baseball seasons has begun – a good moment for a look back at the impact of changes made a year ago to try to refresh the nation’s pastime, which has been losing fan attention to other major sports, particularly football. To the less knowledgeable, the rules changes may seem modest. Pitchers were given […]
The polling between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump may be neck and neck, but in another barometer of the contest – money-raising – it is not much of a contest. By almost every metric, Biden is outperforming Trump. Not to mention that Trump is using a significant portion of his donations to […]
When President Biden appears before Congress tomorrow night to deliver his State of the Union address, he will no doubt tout the economic accomplishments of his administration, which are substantial. Taking office in the midst of a pandemic, Biden has presided over a surprisingly robust economic recovery that continues to power forward. Let’s start with […]
The presidential primary season is all but over – one of the shortest in memory – and that’s one of the challenges that our democracy is facing. Our elected leaders are being chosen by a smaller and smaller share of our population. For starters, the share of Americans who identify themselves as members of a […]
