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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Observercast

The Massachusetts Miracle

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Everyone knows that what doesn’t destroy you makes you stronger. That is particularly true in politics, where a hard kick either knocks you down or wakes you up. President Obama and the Democrats got that hard kick last month, when a perfect storm resulted in the election of Massachusetts’ first Republican senator […]

The GOP’s Dubious Populism

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BY JOE CONASON The most revealing moments in President Obama’s State of the Union Address were not in his remarks, but the reaction to them by those listening on the Republican side of the aisle. When he proposed to recover a “financial responsibility fee” – in plainer English, a bank tax – from the largest […]

The Urban Future

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BY FROMA HARROP Sunbelt-and-sprawl advocate Joel Kotkin wrote two years ago that the future of American urbanism wasn’t in the “elite cities,” such as New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco, but in “younger, more affordable and less self-regarding places.” He named [his order] Houston, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Dallas and Riverside, CA. Boom-city […]

Repubs Out Of Touch As Middle Class Sinks

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER American politics is a hoot! Where else can raw ignorance rise to such high places – and then flaunt itself shamelessly for all to see? For example, who needs Jay Leno or Conan O’Brien for comic relief, when we’ve got Andre Bauer? He’s the lieutenant governor of South Carolina, a state, by […]

The Value Of Diversity

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Diversity is not just a nice thing. It isn’t just about fairness or equal opportunity. Diversity is good business, essential business, especially for companies that market to women – or are covered by them. If you have any doubt, consider the iPad. Is there a woman in America who did not laugh, […]