By Paul Krugman – New York Times
Lack of self-awareness can be fatal. The haplessness of the Republican establishment in the face of Trumpism is a case in point.
As many have noted, it’s remarkable how shocked — shocked! — … Read more »
USA Today.
Very few of the remaining candidates in either party have what it takes to handle the world’s most difficult job.
What kind of president do we need to face arguably the most dangerous set of international crises since … Read more »
By Paul Krugman – New York Times.
America’s two big political parties are very different from each other, and one difference involves the willingness to indulge economic fantasies.
Republicans routinely engage in deep voodoo, making outlandish claims about the positive … Read more »
The New York Times.
In the days since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, there has been plenty of talk about the substantial impact his absence will have on the Supreme Court’s docket. I’d like to shift the focus to the Roberts … Read more »
The New York Times – Justin Gillis.
The global public health emergency involving deformed babies emerged in 2015, the hottest year in the historical record, with an outbreak in Brazil of a disease transmitted by heat-loving mosquitoes. Can that be … Read more »
Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Saturday at the age of 79, served on the Supreme Court for 30 years and made as big a mark on the court and on American law and politics as some of the chief … Read more »
The betting markets now say that the most likely Republican nominee for president is a man who mocks women, insults Latinos, endorses war crimes like torture, denounces party icons and favors barring people from the … Read more »
However worrying Tuesday was for the success of xenophobic politics in America, it might have been more worrying for the planet’s climate.
The New York Times.
By law, dating back to 1921, the president of the United States must submit an annual budget request to Congress. On Tuesday, President Obama submitted his eighth and final budget. And like all presidential budgets, it … Read more »
