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Deflection

The current resident of the White House may really be a genius when it comes to getting his true believers to look the other...

Trump Family Invests Abroad

Last week, when he told Wal-Mart that it should “eat” the higher costs his tariffs were putting on products, our felon-in-chief inadvertently acknowledged what...

Tax-Cutting Folly

They just can’t help themselves. Despite a sputtering economy, slowing tax revenues and unprecedented uncertainty about federal funding, Oklahoma’s legislative leaders are hellbent on cutting...

Stopping Trump’s Qatar Airliner Scam

Eager to accept a luxury airliner from the government of Qatar, President Donald Trump is testing the limits of Republicans on Capitol Hill. Usually eager...

States Of Resistance: A Way Forward

Resistance: a watchword for our times. The state of Wisconsin is showing us how, above all 49 others. In Washington, a senator and congressman heeded the...

The Political Message From Omaha Should Be Obvious

As I flew into Omaha for the first time, the only thing visible from my descending plane was cornfields. You could even see the...

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