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Tax-Free Social Security Income? Not Exactly

Since President Trump signed the "big" policy bill of his dreams into law on Independence Day, the White House and the Social Security Administration...

We Must Create Art For Our Sake

On April 16 Science Daily posted a multi-institutional review that found, “The simple act of looking at a piece of visual art can boost...

Winners, Losers

Remember, President Trump and nearly every Republican said there are no cuts – none, zero, zilch – in the Medicaid program. Which seems to me...

Trump Turns On Trump Country

The flooding in Texas is cataclysmic. It was a hellscape as dozens, many of them girls from a summer camp, were swept to their...

Bezos And Other Billionaires Defecate On Florida Town

Don't let it be said that the superrich care only about themselves, always taking from society and giving nothing back. Consider the generous billionaires who...

Musk Should Return To The Democratic Party

Elon Musk warned that if Republicans passed their big domestic policy bill, he would form a new "America Party" to primary those who voted...

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