Category: Politics
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Letters From the March 2024 Issue
[ad_1] Plain speaking… Buck Big Ag… Ad Policy This article appears in the March 2024 issue. Plain Speaking Re “Stop the War”: D.D. Guttenplan makes several important points in his December 11/18, 2023, editorial about the conflict in Gaza, but I’m afraid he still falls into some common traps. Guttenplan writes that “the leadership of…
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Keep Talking About President Biden’s Age
[ad_1] March 12, 2024 Why he should exploit, for political purposes, his wisdom and experience. Ad Policy President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address at the US Capitol on March 7, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) In his State of the Union address last week, President Biden pushed for a plan…
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Kathy Hochul Doesn’t Get New York City
[ad_1] March 14, 2024 If she did, she’d understand the grave error of flooding with subway with armed troops. Ad Policy National Guard patrol at a subway station in New York on March 6, 2024. (Selcuk Acar / Getty) New York City is no stranger to security theater. Ever since 9/11, ultra-militarized police and actual…
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The Risks of Dementia in the House, the Senate—and the White House
[ad_1] Morbid Symptoms / March 14, 2024 Biden’s occasional slips, like Trump’s off-topic rambling, are likely the result of normal aging, not Alzheimers. But dementia in high places is definitely worth worrying about. Ad Policy Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is seen outside the Senate Chamber in the Capitol Building in Washington, D,C,. on February…
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Biden Should Channel His Inner FDR and Soak the Rich
[ad_1] Politics / March 13, 2024 Roosevelt welcomed the hatred of the plutocrats—and won a landslide. Biden should take note. Ad Policy President Joe Biden during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office on February 9, 2024. (Michael Kappeler / Picture Alliance via Getty Images) As he prepared to seek a second presidential term in…
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Biden’s Spokespeople Are the Perfect Vessels for His Soulless Gaza Policies
[ad_1] Politics / March 13, 2024 If the president is the man in charge, these press secretaries are his robotic enforcers, playing the same hollow tunes every day. Ad Policy Karine Jean-Pierre, Matthew Miller, and John Kirby. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images; Celal Gunes / Anadolu via Getty Images; Nathan Howard / Getty Images) On…
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What the Polls Get Wrong About Biden—Plus, Turmoil in Haiti
[ad_1] Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. Later in the hour: Haiti in turmoil: Amy Wilentz has our report. But first: what the polls and the pollsters are getting wrong about how Biden can win. Steve Phillips will explain – in a minute.[BREAK] Many polls have Biden…
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The Terrifying Christian Nationalist Crusade to Conquer America
[ad_1] Politics / March 13, 2024 An extremist evangelical movement has set itself up to formulate the governing priorities of a second Trump administration. Ad Policy A statue modeled after the Statue of Liberty holds up a cross instead of a torch with “America Return to Christ” outside of World Overcomers Church in Memphis, Tenn.,…
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What Happened to the 21st-Century City?
[ad_1] Books & the Arts / March 12, 2024 What happened to the 21st-century city? Ad Policy Illustration by Ryan Inzana. This article appears in the March 2024 issue. When I was younger, growing up in the rural but rapidly developing small town of my youth, I believed that cities were the place where one…
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What to know about Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for North Carolina governor
[ad_1] Republicans in North Carolina voted to nominate Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson for governor. He has come under fire for his history of anti-gay and anti-Semitic remarks. [ad_2] Source link