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Is Our Nation a Battleground Where There Will Be Winners and Losers?

Trump downplayed the coronavirus threat for months and he praised China repeatedly for its transparency in dealing with COVID-19. Then the pandemic decimated the US stock market. When Trump could no longer deny the impact of the virus, he reversed course and blamed China for everything. Continue reading

Class of 2020, wherever you are, I had planned to address you on this graduation day. But how can I? Yes, I know that former President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Tom Hanks all took part in elaborate online graduation ceremonies, offering commentary, advice, and … Continue reading

Many on the left still cling to the hope that the COVID-19 crisis will translate into the use of state power on behalf of the powerless. But those in authority have never hesitated to harness government intervention to the preservation of oligarchy, and a pandemic alone won’t change that. Continue reading

In all this confusion, it feels like the lines are becoming clearer between those determined to reclaim fairness and equality before the law in America, and those determined to destroy civil society altogether.

Outside Radicals, Incendiary Tweets and Shaky Facts

At this crazy, frightening, chaotic moment, it is possible to reach across old lines and create new alliances, and to rebuild our democracy.

"The Blue Dress"

For most of Donald Trump’s presidency, it seems that the news has come at us like a firehose, spraying information, disinformation and quotable tweets. And that was before the pandemic. Now with more than 100,000 dead, presidential spectacles and unemployment … Continue reading

We don’t call this “looting” because it is being done quietly in nice marbled office buildings in Washington and New York. We don’t call this “looting” because the looters wear designer suits and are very polite as they eagerly steal everything not nailed down to the floor. Continue reading