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Inflation Spiking? Cue the Idiotic Tax Ideas.
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After decades of low inflation, we were all reminded in 2022 t...
To End His Misbegotten War, Trump Will Have to Change His Mind
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It can be awfully confusing for the casual news consumer to figure out what is going on with the Ir...
When the Cult Goes South
It’s hard to think of a time when a president and a party worked as hard as Donald Trump and Republicans are now to lose an election. “That’s because they’re idiots,” you might say, and for many of them that’s true. But even stupid politici...
The Sniveling Cowards of the Trump Administration
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In 1956, in preparation for his run for the White House, Sen. John F. Kennedy published Profiles in Courage, a book of short biographies of political figures who took risky stands, often in opposition to...
Kick Him Right In the Ballroom
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I wonder if as he lies in bed, Donald Trump’s last thought before drifting off to sleep is how wond...
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