To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Marco Rubio’s Money Problem
BY SUSAN ESTRICH It worked like a charm in the last debate. Marco Rubio knew he’d be questioned about his personal finances. When members of the Senate co-mingle campaign and personal funds, face foreclosures on second homes and are forced to liquidate their retirement funds (and pay thousands of dollars in taxes), it gets noticed […]
Facing the Robot Tsunami
BY FROMA HARROP Robots make the perfect employee. They don’t complain, they don’t get sick, and, as of this writing, they don’t have babies. When robots can do the job in today’s economy, they get the job. When they can’t, a human must suffice. You still need a human to make the perfect latte, ask security […]
What’s the Price on Jeb Bush’s Integrity?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER If you are a presidential aspirant and you have to tell people that you are a person of integrity – there’s a very good chance that you are not. And those odds at least quadruple if you have to hire a talking head to attest to your honor; how intriguing, then, that […]
Are Procrastinators Poor Planners or Victims of Overwork?
BY FROMA HARROP I came upon this article on procrastination and saved it for “later reading.” Ha-ha-ha. Procrastination jokes are one of the best ways of putting off work. The article’s headline reads, “To Stop Procrastinating, Start by Understanding the Emotions Involved.” It appears in The Wall Street Journal, a good source of pointers on […]
Debate Mendacity Even Shocks Conservatives
BY JOE CONASON For people who so often accuse Hillary Clinton of lying, the Republican presidential candidates seem to feel perfectly free to bend, twist and shred the truth at will. Unsurprisingly, that is just what several of them were caught doing in their free-for-all CNBC debate. They prevaricated about themselves, their policies and their […]
